Remark against PM: SC to hear Tharoor’s plea in defamation case
The New Indian Express|October 13, 2024
THE Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor against a Delhi High Court verdict that refused to quash defamation proceedings against him for his alleged “scorpion on Shivling” remark targeting PM Narendra Modi.
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While hearing Tharoor’s plea on September 10, the apex court had stayed the proceedings before a trial court in the defamation case filed against the Congress MP. The top court had also issued notice to the Delhi Police and BJP leader Rajiv Babbar, who is the complainant in the case, seeking their responses on the plea.

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