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Shashi Tharoor's 'scorpion' remark: Delhi HC grants stay, issues notice
Updated On: 16 October, 2020 02:42 PM IST | Mumbai | IANS
In his plea, Tharoor challenged a trial court order to summon him for allegedly committing offences under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, pleading that the said order was "bad in law" and "against the principles of criminal jurisprudence"
Shashi Tharoor
The Delhi High Court on Friday stayed trial court proceedings in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader against Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor over the latter's 'scorpion' remark vis-a-vis Prime Minister Narendra Modi and issued notice.
Justice Suresh Kumar Kait ordered the stay and issued the notice on Tharoor's plea for quashing of the criminal defamation case filed by BJP leader Rajiv Babbar.
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