PM degree row: Ahmedabad court adjourns hearing on Arvind Kejriwal, Sanjay Singh’s review pleas to Sept 16

The matter will be taken up next by the court of sessions judge AV Hirpara on September 16.

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Ahmedabad court Monday adjourned two revision applications that challenged and sought to quash the summons issued against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh. (File)

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An Ahmedabad court Monday adjourned two revision applications that challenged and sought to quash the summons issued against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MP Sanjay Singh by a magistrate court in relation to a criminal defamation complaint filed against both by the Registrar of Gujarat University in the case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree.

The adjournment was granted following a request from Gujarat University. Advocate Amit Nair, on behalf of the varsity, submitted that the plea by the two accused has been recorded and kept for evidence in the criminal defamation case before the Ahmedabad magistrate. The submission further stated that the advocate has only filed his vakalatnama Monday.

The matter will be taken up next by the court of sessions judge AV Hirpara on September 16.

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Meanwhile, Kejriwal and Singh moved applications before the sessions court Monday seeking expeditious hearing of the revision applications. They submitted that matters pertaining to MPs or MLAs are to be prioritised and heard expeditiously. The court has reserved its decision on these applications for Tuesday, said advocate Aum Kotwal.

The defamation complaint, moved by Registrar Piyush Patel, has accused Kejriwal and Singh of defamation based on their statements to the media in response to the Gujarat High Court’s decision to set aside an order of the Central Information Commission that had directed the Gujarat University to “search for information” regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degrees.

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According to the complaint, the statement was made before the media and broadcast through Twitter with the intention of damaging the reputation of the university, despite knowing that such utterances would be defamatory.

According to Patel, Kejriwal made defamatory utterances at a press conference on April 1 and Singh before the media on April 2.

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