Supreme Court issues notice to Smriti Irani on Sanjay Nirupam’s plea

Supreme Court issues notice to Smriti Irani on Sanjay Nirupam’s plea

FPJ BureauUpdated: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 12:01 AM IST
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on a plea by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam seeking quashing of a criminal defamation complaint against him.

A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi agreed to examine the plea filed by Nirupam and issued a notice to Irani seeking her response into the matter.  The Supreme Court’s decision comes after Nirupam’s appeal against Delhi HC’s December 20, 2018 order in which it had refused to quash summons issued against him.

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Earlier, Irani had filed a complaint against Nirupam for allegedly defaming her during a debate on a private television news channel and the court had framed charges against the Congress leader for using derogatory and indecent language against the Union Textiles Minister.

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