MP court docket frames defamation fee towards Digvijaya Singh in case filed via BJP chief

By way of PTI

BHOPAL: A different court docket in Bhopal has framed fee towards Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh underneath IPC Segment 500 for defamation in a case filed via a BJP chief whom he had accused of being concerned within the Vyapam rip-off that rocked Madhya Pradesh in 2013.

The court docket of Judicial Justice of the Peace First Magnificence Vidhan Maheshwari, coping with circumstances towards MPs and MLAs, framed the fee towards Singh on Wednesday and posted the case for trial from July 1.

Segment 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code invitations easy imprisonment for a time period which might prolong to 2 years, or with tremendous, or each.

Significantly, a court docket in Gujarat’s Surat town closing month sentenced Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to 2 years in prison after convicting him underneath IPC sections 499 and 500 (coping with prison defamation) in a case filed via Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi over Gandhi’s “Modi surname” observation.

Following the decision, Gandhi, elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala in 2019, used to be disqualified as a Member of Parliament (MP) underneath provisions of the Illustration of the Folks Act.

BJP’s present Madhya Pradesh president V D Sharma filed a defamation case towards Digvijaya Singh in 2014 after he accused him of being concerned within the Vyapam rip-off.

On February 4 this yr, the particular court docket granted bail to Singh within the case.

The Vyapam rip-off pertains to alleged manipulation within the variety procedure for presidency faculties and jobs performed via the then Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (Vyapam), a certified examination board.

It concerned the alleged impersonation of applicants, rampant copying and different malpractices Sharma’s legal professional Sachin Verma on Thursday stated Singh allegedly made defamatory imputation towards his shopper meant to decrease his symbol within the public eye.

Then again, Digvijaya Singh’s suggest Ajay Gupta whilst chatting with PTI claimed, “There is not any case towards Singh value framing fee, however the process followed in such offences does not have a level of in search of discharge.

Subsequently, in a regimen (procedure), the fee underneath phase 500 of IPC has been framed with out taking into consideration the pleas of my shopper.

BHOPAL: A different court docket in Bhopal has framed fee towards Congress Rajya Sabha member Digvijaya Singh underneath IPC Segment 500 for defamation in a case filed via a BJP chief whom he had accused of being concerned within the Vyapam rip-off that rocked Madhya Pradesh in 2013.

The court docket of Judicial Justice of the Peace First Magnificence Vidhan Maheshwari, coping with circumstances towards MPs and MLAs, framed the fee towards Singh on Wednesday and posted the case for trial from July 1.

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Significantly, a court docket in Gujarat’s Surat town closing month sentenced Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to 2 years in prison after convicting him underneath IPC sections 499 and 500 (coping with prison defamation) in a case filed via Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) MLA Purnesh Modi over Gandhi’s “Modi surname” observation.

Following the decision, Gandhi, elected to the Lok Sabha from Wayanad in Kerala in 2019, used to be disqualified as a Member of Parliament (MP) underneath provisions of the Illustration of the Folks Act.

BJP’s present Madhya Pradesh president V D Sharma filed a defamation case towards Digvijaya Singh in 2014 after he accused him of being concerned within the Vyapam rip-off.

On February 4 this yr, the particular court docket granted bail to Singh within the case.

The Vyapam rip-off pertains to alleged manipulation within the variety procedure for presidency faculties and jobs performed via the then Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal (Vyapam), a certified examination board.

It concerned the alleged impersonation of applicants, rampant copying and different malpractices Sharma’s legal professional Sachin Verma on Thursday stated Singh allegedly made defamatory imputation towards his shopper meant to decrease his symbol within the public eye.

Then again, Digvijaya Singh’s suggest Ajay Gupta whilst chatting with PTI claimed, “There is not any case towards Singh value framing fee, however the process followed in such offences does not have a level of in search of discharge.

Subsequently, in a regimen (procedure), the fee underneath phase 500 of IPC has been framed with out taking into consideration the pleas of my shopper.