{"id":34465,"date":"2014-07-29T12:20:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T06:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=34465"},"modified":"2014-07-29T12:20:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T06:50:51","slug":"mp-cong-leader-gets-bail-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mp-cong-leader-gets-bail-defamation-case","title":{"rendered":"MP Cong leader gets bail in defamation case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/mp-cong-leader-gets-bail-defamation-case\/shivraj-singh-chouhan-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34466\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34466\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/mp-cong-leader-gets-bail-defamation-case\/shivraj-singh-chouhan-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"259,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Shivraj Singh Chouhan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan.jpg?fit=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-34466 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Shivraj Singh Chouhan\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/07\/Shivraj-Singh-Chouhan.jpg?resize=150%2C112&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/a>A local court today granted bail to Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee&#8217;s chief spokesperson K K Mishra in connection with a defamation case against him for levelling allegations of involvement of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his family in the MPPEB scam.<\/p>\n<p>Mishra had last month levelled allegations against Chouhan and his wife in connection with the Madhya Pradesh Professional Board Examination (MPPEB) scam, following which a defamation case was filed against him on behalf of Chouhan by the public prosecutor on June 26.<\/p>\n<p>The court of Additional District Judge (ADJ) Manoj Shrivastava granted bail to Mishra, who appeared before the court, and directed him to furnish a bail and bond of Rs 25,000 each.<\/p>\n<p>The court has fixed August 8 as the next date of hearing in the case.<\/p>\n<p>Mishra had alleged that a number of candidates belonging to Gondia town in Maharashtra, which happens to be Chouhan&#8217;s wife&#8217;s place, were selected as constables in transport department but did not provide any documents in support of his allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Later, state Transport Minister Bhupendra Singh had released a list of successful candidates in which no person from Maharashtra was selected.<\/p>\n<p>Following this,the state government on behalf of Chouhan had filed a defamation case in the court.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local court today granted bail to Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee&#8217;s chief spokesperson K K Mishra in connection with a defamation case against him for levelling allegations of involvement of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his family in the MPPEB scam. 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