HC issues notice to Shashi Tharoor on Rajeev Chandrasekhar's defamation plea
The Hindu
Delhi High Court seeks Shashi Tharoor's response to BJP leader's defamation complaint challenge, hearing scheduled for September 16.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (May 20, 2025) sought the stand of Shashi Tharoor on BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar's plea challenging the dismissal of his defamation complaint against the Congress MP.
Justice Ravinder Dudeja said the "matter required consideration" as he issued notice on Mr. Chandrasekhar's revision petition challenging the magisterial court's February 4 decision.
Mr. Chandrasekhar alleged that Mr. Tharoor defamed him by making "false" and "derogatory" statements on national television, claiming the BJP leader "bribed" voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Mr. Tharoor, according to Mr. Chandrasekhar, made the allegations "with the intent to lower his reputation and to impact the result of the last general elections while knowing fully well that the statements were false".
During the hearing, the senior counsel appearing for Mr. Chandrasekhar said the lower court ignored the evidence to rule that no case of defamation was made out.
Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal on February 4 refused to summon Mr. Tharoor, saying prima facie "no ingredients of defamation" was made in the complaint.
The matter would be heard next on September 16.
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