NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has dismissed a plea seeking prosecution of Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal and others for allegedly defaming Prime Minister
Narendra Modi by raising questions over his educational degree, saying only aggrieved persons can file defamation complaints.
Three persons -- Yogesh Bhardwaj, Rakshpal Singh and Ijharul-Haq -- had moved the court seeking an order asking the police to lodge an FIR against Kejriwal, Deputy CM
Manish Sisodia
and AAP leaders Ashutosh, Raghav Chadha, Ashish Khetan and
Jitender Singh Tomar
, for allegedly defaming the Prime Minister.
"Only an aggrieved person, that is a person who has been defamed, can prosecute for his defamation.
"Admittedly, the complainants are not the aggrieved/victims of defamatory statements, if any, made by the respondents (Kejriwal, Sisodia, Ashutosh, Chadha, Khetan and Tomar). Therefore, they have no locus to file and prosecute the present case as far as the offence of defamation is concerned," Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate
Samar Vishal
said while summarily rejecting the complaint.