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HC rejects Tharoor's plea to dismiss defamation case over 'scorpion' remark
The Morning Standard
|August 30, 2024
THE Delhi High Court on Thursday rejected Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's appeal to dismiss a criminal defamation case related to his controversial statement comparing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a scorpion.
The rejection by Justice Anup Kumar Mendiratta's means that the previous interim order halting the proceedings has been overturned, and the parties involved are now required to appear before the trial court on September 10. The court found no sufficient grounds to quash the case at this point, stating, "There are no justifiable reasons to dismiss the proceedings at this stage. "Tharoor was granted bail in the case in June 2019 by the trial court.
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