CM Arvind Kejriwal / Big blow to Kejriwal from Gujarat court, petition to stay defamation case rejected

CM Arvind Kejriwal: The Ahmedabad district court on Tuesday dismissed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh's plea for an interim stay on the hearing in a criminal defamation case. Let us tell you that Gujarat University had registered a case after the alleged blasphemous and derogatory statements of AAP leaders regarding the degree of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sessions Judge AJ Kanani's court rejected the applications and ordered the AAP leaders to appear in the court on August 11 in response to summons issued earlier.

The registrar had a complaint

The defamation case against Chief Minister Kejriwal and MP Sanjay Singh was filed by Gujarat University Registrar Piyush Patel. This matter started only after this complaint. Explain that both the leaders had commented about PM Modi's degree during a press conference and on Twitter. The university claimed that the comments were 'derogatory' and 'damaging' the reputation of the institution.

Will approach the High Court

However, the sessions court refused to grant interim relief to both the leaders, but posted the matter for further hearing. Kejriwal and Singh's legal counsel Punit Juneja said they would seek relief from the Gujarat High Court. The Metropolitan Court had summoned the AAP leaders under Section 500 of the IPC on the basis of prima facie evidence. The decision comes after the Gujarat High Court set aside the Chief Information Commissioner's order related to PM Modi's degree, which led to a defamation case being filed against Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh.