PM Modi's degree remark: SC refuses to quash summons against Kejriwal in defamation case
AAP leader Sanjay Singh, who is also an accused in the same case had moved to the Supreme Court but the apex court did not give relief to the AAP leader.
In a big setback to Aam Aadmi Party national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by him challenging an order of the Gujarat High Court refusing to quash summons in a defamation case over his alleged remarks over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualification.
A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti noted that a separate bench of the apex court had junked the plea filed by AAP leader Sanjay Singh on April 8 in the same case.
"We must have a consistent approach," said the bench.
The Gujarat High Court had on February 16 dismissed the pleas of Singh and Kejriwal seeking quashing of the summons issued against them in the case. Both AAP leader had challenged in the high court the summons issued by a trial court in the case filed by the Gujarat University and the subsequent order of the sessions court dismissing their revision pleas against the summons.