Gujarat AAP’s authorized cell head Pranav Thakkar on Monday mentioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh didn’t but obtain the summons issued to them by a court docket to seem earlier than it on Tuesday in a prison defamation case.
“We have learnt through media reports that summons were issued by the court, but neither Arvindji nor Sanjay Singh has received them in Delhi yet. They will appear before the court only after receiving the summons,” Thakkar mentioned.
According to media report, a metropolitan court docket in Ahmedabad on April 15 summoned Kejriwal and Singh to seem earlier than it on May 23 in a prison defamation grievance filed by the Gujarat University’s registrar.
The court docket of further chief metropolitan Justice of the Peace Jayesh Chovatiya had issued summons to the senior leaders in a prison defamation grievance for his or her “sarcastic” and “derogatory” statements in opposition to the Gujarat University over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational degree.
The court docket summoned the 2 leaders after observing that prima facie, there seemed to be a case in opposition to them underneath part 500 (defamation) of the Indian Penal Code.
Gujarat University registrar Piyush Patel filed a defamation case in opposition to Kejriwal and Singh over their feedback after the Gujarat High Court put aside the Chief Information Commissioner’s order asking the varsity to offer info on PM Modi’s degree.
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They made “defamatory” statements in press conferences and on Twitter handles focusing on the college over Modi’s degree, the complainant alleged, and claimed their feedback focusing on the college had been defamatory and damage the status of the establishment, which has established its identify among the many public.
What had Kejriwal mentioned?
The feedback quoted by the complainant and attributed to Kejriwal are: “If there is a degree and it is genuine, then why is it not being given?”, “They are not giving degree because it might be fake,” and “If the prime minister studied at Delhi University and Gujarat University, then Gujarat University should celebrate that its student became the country’s PM”.
What had Singh mentioned?
Singh had mentioned “They (GU) are trying to prove the PM’s fake degree as genuine”.
Four witnesses had been examined and different proof was submitted throughout the court docket inquiry, and the lawyer for the complainant argued that their statements would make an individual imagine that the Gujarat University points pretend and bogus levels.Â
(With PTI inputs)
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