Last week, Tejashwi Yadav's counsel had informed a trial court in Ahmedabad that he has moved the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the criminal defamation case
The statement was recorded under section 313 of the Code of Criminal Procedure under which an accused person gets an opportunity to explain circumstances appearing in the evidence against him or her and the proceeding was held in-camera
Murugan's plea challenging the September 5 order of the Madras High Court, which had refused to quash the proceedings, came up for hearing before a bench of Justices B R Gavai and P K Mishra
The Delhi court had on August 7 summoned Gehlot following Shekhawat's complaint over the Congress leader's remarks linking him to the alleged Sanjivani scam
Delhi HC adjourned hearing for October 4 a plea filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging proceedings pending in a trial court in a criminal defamation case filed against him by BJP's spokesperson
Gujarat High Court rejected AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh's plea seeking an interim stay on criminal defamation proceedings against them filed by Gujarat University in connection with remarks on PM Narendra Modi's degree
IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has submitted a complaint with Mumbai Police demanding action against an RTI activist stating that a video uploaded by him on the Cordelia cruise case is prima facie defamatory.
The BJP leader said Gandhi's attitude disentitles him to any relief in the form of stay of conviction as it "reveals arrogant entitlement, rank insensitivity to an offended community and contempt for the law"