(DRAFT) MANOJ TIWARI

A Supreme Court bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and Ramasubramanian today

The bench was hearing a plea by BJP MP Manoj Tiwari challenging the December 17, 2020 of the Delhi High Court bench of Justice Anu Malhotra dismissing the petitions by MP Tiwari and MLA Gupta challenging trial court order issuing summons to them in the defamation case filed by Sisodia. The petitioners had also sought quashing of an order passed by Rouse Avenue Court on November 28, 2019.

A defamation case was filed by Sisodia against Tiwari, BJP MPs Hans Raj Hans and Pravesh Verma, BJP MLAs Manjinder Singh Sirsa and Vijender Gupta and BJP spokesperson Harish Khurana for making allegations regarding his (Sisodia’s) involvement in Rs 2,000-crore corruption in the construction of classrooms for Delhi government schools.

Sisodia, in the defamation case, stated that all the allegations made by the BJP leaders jointly and severally were false, defamatory and derogatory, and intended to damage his reputation.

Bench of former Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justice AS Bopanna and Justice V Ramasubramanian while issuing notice had stayed the operation of summoning order 28.11.2019 passed by ACMM-I, Rouse Avenue Court Complex, New Delhi and all orders and proceedings emanating from the Complaint Case No. 51/2019 titled as ‘Manish Sisodia v. Manoj Tiwari & Ors.’.

Case Title: Manoj Kumar Tiwari Versus Manish Sisodia And Ors