The Supreme Courtroom on Monday directed RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav to file a correct assertion withdrawing his alleged comment that solely Gujaratis might be thugs.
A bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan granted one week to Yadav to file a brand new assertion after the complainant raised an objection over his earlier affidavit.
We grant time of 1 week to the petitioner to file a correct assertion, the bench stated whereas posting the matter for subsequent listening to on February 5.
Yadav on January 19 filed an affidavit within the apex court docket withdrawing his alleged Gujarati thugs comment.
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The highest court docket was listening to a petition filed by Yadav looking for switch of the legal defamation criticism pending towards him in a Ahmedabad court docket over his alleged solely Gujaratis might be thugs comment to a spot outdoors the state.
The highest court docket, whereas listening to the RJD chief’s plea, had earlier stayed the proceedings within the legal defamation criticism and issued discover to the Gujarat resident who has filed it.
The criticism towards Yadav was filed below sections 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for alleged legal defamation.
The Gujarat court docket had in August performed a preliminary enquiry towards Yadav below part 202 of the Code of Legal Process and located enough grounds to summon him on the criticism filed by Haresh Mehta, an area businessman and activist. In line with the criticism, Yadav, whereas speaking to the media in Patna in March 2023, had stated, Solely Gujaratis might be thugs within the current state of affairs, and their fraud will probably be forgiven.
Who will probably be accountable in the event that they run away with the cash belonging to the LIC or banks? the then Bihar deputy chief minister had allegedly stated. Mehta claimed Yadav’s feedback defamed all Gujaratis.
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