SC issues notice to Irani on Nirupam's cross defamation plea

The apex court Monday issued notice to Union Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani in a case regarding two cross defamation complaints filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam and the Bharatiya Janata Party leader against each other. Nirupam had allegedly made derogatory remarks about Irani’s television career during a television debate in 2012.

Irani in January 2013 filed a criminal defamation case against Nirupam.

Published : Apr 22, 2019, 10:51 PM IST

Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Union Union Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani in a case regarding two cross defamation complaints filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam and the Bharatiya Janata Party leader against each other.

However, an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna agreed to hear Nirupam’s plea and said that it will examine the case in detail.

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On December 19, the Delhi High Court had refused to quash the criminal defamation case filed against Nirupam by Irani. The single-judge bench comprising Justice R.K. Gauba had observed that the defamation case filed by Nirupam was simply a counter to the defamation complaint filed by Irani, and that the case filed mentioned no sufficient reasons with respect to the delay in filing the complaint.

In December 2012, during Gujarat Assembly elections, the two politicians had locked horns during a debate on national television. Nirupama had allegedly made derogatory remarks about Irani’s television career. Irani in January 2013 filed a criminal defamation case against Nirupam.

However, an apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Deepak Gupta, and Sanjiv Khanna agreed to hear Nirupam’s plea and said that it will examine the case in detail.

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Today SC issued a notice to Union minister Smriti Irani in a case pertaining to two cross defamation complaints filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam and the BJP leader against each other.

BENCH-CJI Ranjan Gogoi

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•The two cross defamation complaints filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam and the BJP leader against each other.

•In one case, the Delhi High Court had quashed the summons issued against Irani in a defamation complaint filed against her by Nirupam.

•The high court, however, had dismissed a similar plea of Nirupam seeking to set aside the summons issued against him in a cross defamation complaint filed by Irani.

[4/22, 8:36 PM] +91 84700 59972: •SCBA(Supreme Court Bar Association)has sought action by the Full Court of the Supreme Court into the allegations of sexual harassment against CJI.

•The SCBA, in its resolution, has stated that the proceedings held on April 20 by the Bench comprising CJI Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Arun Mishra and Sanjiv Khanna were in violation of the procedure established by law.

•The SCBA has requested for the Full Court of the Supreme Court to take necessary steps required in this regard.

•The SCBA has also stated that its Executive Committee will collate all the relevant materials and facts with respect to the allegations which may be considered by the EC in its next meeting.

[4/22, 8:37 PM] +91 84700 59972: •On the destruction of evidence in sardha chit fund scam, today CBI said that despite having been handed over the complete Call Detail Records of the accused by the telecom operators, erstwhile Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar withheld portions of the same with an ulterior motive.

BENCH-CJI Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjiv khanna

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•Earlier this month, the CBI had sought for the vacation of the order restraining any coercive action against Kumar and to grant permission for custodial interrogation. Accusing him of being non-cooperative, the federal probe agency had advanced that Kumar had to be interrogated to unravel the larger plot and the money trail in the scam.

•Kumar filed an affidavit contending that the CBI is targeting him as part of a larger conspiracy by two BJP leaders.

•In March, the CBI had moved the apex court against telecom operators Vodafone and Airtel for not sharing the CDRs of Saradha Group directors Sudipta Sen and Debjani Mukherjee.

•Appearing for Vodafone, Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi had argued that everything has already been handed over and that the probe agency's contention is incorrect.

•Earlier SC directed Kumar "to appear and make himself available before the CBI and to faithfully cooperate at all times" in connection with the investigations into the Chit Fund scam.

•The bench had also issued notice to the Chief Secretary of the state of West Bengal, the DGP and the Police Commissioner on CBI's contempt plea, requiring the officials to file their responses.

•On February 27, not convinced to act on the contempt petition, the Court had required the probe agency to file an affidavit furnishing substantive material to back its claims of tampering of evidence by the state police.

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