The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against a High Court order rejecting his request to stay the criminal defamation proceedings filed by the Gujarat University over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualifications.
Gujarat University Registrar Piyush Patel had filed a defamation case against Mr. Kejriwal and AAP leader Sanjay Singh over their alleged comments after the Gujarat High Court set aside an order of the Chief Information Commissioner for providing information about Mr. Modi’s degrees to them under the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
A Bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and S.V.N. Bhatti said it was not issuing notice on the plea as the matter was pending before the Gujarat High Court and was listed for hearing on August 29.
