The case pertains to an alleged remark made by Maliwal against Punjab legislators of the Aam Aadmi Party, in which she reportedly referred to them using the expression “sheep and goats”, triggering a political controversy in the state.
Top court grants relief to Congress leader after legal battle over FIR filed by Assam CM’s wife, with sharp courtroom exchanges and questions over arrest necessity.
The dispute originated from a post in which the MP had alleged that elderly women participated in the protests for a payment of Rs 100.
Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati of Jyotish Peetha, reacting to the Allahabad High Court's decision to reserve the verdict and stay his arrest, said that a media trial was being conducted against him. He alleged that the verdict was being pronounced outside the court but today the truth has prevailed.
While his convoy was on its way to the Bhiwandi court in Thane BJP workers shouted slogans and showed him black flags at Mulund toll booth.
BJP leader Vijay Mishra had filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi in 2018 for his objectionable remarks on Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the then Karnataka Assembly elections.
The Delhi minister has joined 'Jail and Bail' group of AAP leaders, said BJP Spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor on the case.
Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, who had coordinated the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), were accused of defamation by Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.
Kapoor, who had filed the case, had alleged that the allegations by the two AAP leaders not only harmed his image, but also of the saffron party.
The defamation case pertains to the allegation of the AAP leader that the BJP was trying to poach AAP MLAs under the alleged Operation Lotus.
