The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, put an interim stay on proceedings in the criminal defamation case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, which stemmed from his controversial “scorpion sitting on a Shivling” remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan was hearing Tharoor’s appeal against an August 29 order from the Delhi High Court, which had rejected his plea to quash the defamation case.Supreme Court stays defamation case against Shashi Tharoor over ‘scorpion on shivling’ remark against PM Modi
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, put an interim stay on proceedings in the criminal defamation case against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, which stemmed from his controversial “scorpion sitting on a Shivling” remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. A bench comprising Justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan was hearing Tharoor’s appeal against an August 29 order from the Delhi High Court, which had rejected his plea to quash the defamation case.
