Delhi Court refuses to quash summons order issued to Swati Chaturvedi in defamation case filed by Tajinder Bagga

In an order dated 13 December 2022, a Delhi courtroom dismissed the revision petition of Journalist Swati Chaturvedi searching for the quashing of summons issued in opposition to her in a 2018 defamation case filed by Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) spokesperson Tajinder Bagga. 

The courtroom dismissed Chaturvedi’s petition difficult a magisterial courtroom order issued in May 2018 directing her to seem in a case filed by the BJP chief.

Special Judge Sudhir Kumar Sirohi whereas dismissing the petition noticed that the complainant Tajinder bagger was appointed spokesperson of a nationwide get together, and the tweet by respondent Swati Chaturvedi concerning sexual harassment and arrest of Tajinder Bagga has “lowered the image of a public figure, and that too when he was representing of a national party.”

“Therefore no illegality has been found in the order passed by the Metropolitan Magistrate,” Judge Sirohi stated.

Taking to Twitter, Alakh Alok Srivastav, the advocate showing for the BJP chief, knowledgeable in regards to the courtroom ruling and tweeted, “Hearing my detailed submissions on behalf of @TajinderBagga, Patiala House Court has dismissed the revision petition filed by Swati Chaturvedi by which she had challenged the criminal defamation initiated by us against her.“She Lowered the image of a public figure”- says Court.”

Hearing my detailed submissions on behalf of @TajinderBagga, Patiala House Court has dismissed the revision petition filed by Swati Chaturvedi by which she had challenged the legal defamation initiated by us in opposition to her.

“She Lowered the image of a public figure”- says Court. pic.twitter.com/k0bdbixrCd

— Alakh Alok Srivastava (@advocate_alakh) December 15, 2022

Notably, Tajinder Bagga contended in his defamation swimsuit filed in 2017 that Swati Chaturvedi harmed his status and defamed him by falsely claiming that he was arrested in a sexual harassment case.

His counsel, advocate Alakh Alok Srivastava, claimed that the complainant was by no means arrested in any sexual harassment case and that journalist’s tweet broken the complainant’s status.

Copy of the grievance filed by BJP chief Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga

In his unique grievance dated 16/03/2017, Bagga said that he was neither concerned within the beating up of advocate Prashant Bhushan nor was he ever arrested in any case pertaining to sexual harassment. He additionally claimed that the stated tweet was a deliberate try and defame him and tarnish his status.