The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned until January 22 the hearing on Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's petition seeking transfer of the criminal defamation complaint pending against him in a magisterial court in Ahmedabad over his alleged "only Gujaratis can be thugs" remark to a place outside Gujarat, preferably Delhi.
A bench of Justices A.S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan deferred the matter after senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Mr. Yadav, sought time to seek instructions to file an affidavit on withdrawal of the alleged remarks made by his client.
The top court, while hearing the RJD leader's plea, had earlier stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation complaint and issued notice to the Gujarat resident who has filed it.
