New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings before a trial court in a defamation case lodged against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor for his alleged “scorpion on Shivling” remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice R Mahadevan issued notice to the Delhi Police and BJP leader Rajiv Babbar, who is the complainant in the case.
Tharoor was supposed to appear before a trial court here on Tuesday in pursuance of a Delhi High Court order.
“Issue notice returnable in four weeks. In the meantime, further proceedings in pursuance to the impugned judgement are stayed,” the bench said, according to PTI.
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