Remarks against PM Modi: SC stays proceedings against Tharoor
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings before a trial court against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case lodged against him for his alleged "scorpion on Shivling" remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan issued notice to the Delhi government and the complainant in the case.
The notice is returnable in four weeks.
Tharoor has moved the top court against Delhi High Court order which refused to quash defamation proceedings against him on August 29.
The Congress leader had sought setting aside of the trial court's April 27, 2019 order summoning him as an accused in the criminal defamation complaint filed by Rajiv Babbar as also the November 2, 2018 complaint.
The criminal complaint was filed against Tharoor in the trial court by Babbar, who claimed that his religious sentiments were hurt by the Congress leader's statement.
In October 2018, Tharoor had claimed that an unnamed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader had compared Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling".
The Congress leader had said it was an "extraordinarily striking metaphor".
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AAP to stake claim to form new govt under Atishi after Kejriwal's resignation: Gopal Rai
New Delhi (PT): The Aam Aadmi Party will stake claim to form a new government under senior party leader Atishi after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's resignation on Tuesday evening, senior party leader Gopal Rai said.
The AAP announced Atishi as the next Delhi chief minister after Kejriwal's proposal to choose her as his successor was accepted unanimously in the legislative party meeting held at his residence held earlier in the day.
The decision on the new cabinet will be taken by the party later on, said Rai who is convener of Delhi unit of AAP.
He said a delegation of AAP legislators will meet Lt Governor VK Saxena after Kejriwal's resignation to stake claim for the new government led by Atishi
