{"id":36989,"date":"2015-02-28T17:59:15","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T12:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=36989"},"modified":"2015-02-28T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-28T12:29:15","slug":"delhi-court-suggests-smriti-irani-and-sanjay-nirupam-settle-defamation-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-court-suggests-smriti-irani-and-sanjay-nirupam-settle-defamation-complaints","title":{"rendered":"Delhi court suggests Smriti Irani and Sanjay Nirupam settle defamation complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36990\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-court-suggests-smriti-irani-and-sanjay-nirupam-settle-defamation-complaints\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?fit=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-36990\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam-250x250.jpg?resize=250%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?resize=80%2C80&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?resize=230%2C230&amp;ssl=1 230w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/02\/smriti-irani-sanjay-nirupam.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court on Saturday suggested that HRD Minister Smriti Irani and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam look for &#8220;compromise or settlement&#8221; of their criminal defamation complaints filed against each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Both the matters are cross cases and the offences are compoundable. You (Irani and Nirupam) both should look for compromise or settlement,&#8221; Metropolitan Magistrate Dheeraj Mittal told the advocates representing both the leaders.<\/p>\n<p>To this, Nirupam&#8217;s counsel told the court that they were ready for compromise but Irani was not ready for it.\u00a0The court has now fixed both the matters for hearing on August 1.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the court allowed the contention of advocate Anil Soni, who appeared for Irani, seeking exemption from personal appearance on her behalf on the ground that the she has to participate in Budget Session of Parliament today.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Nirupam&#8217;s lawyer informed the court that his client has been granted exemption from personal appearance in the matter by the Delhi High Court.\u00a0&#8220;Heard both the parties. Exemption allowed. Put up the matter for further hearing on August 1,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>Nirupam, a former Congress MP, had filed a defamation complaint against Irani alleging that on December 20, 2012, when assembly election results of Gujarat were announced, the BJP leader had allegedly made &#8220;defamatory and scurrilous comments&#8221; against him during a TV debate.<\/p>\n<p>Irani too had also filed a similar complaint against the Congress leader for allegedly defaming her during the same debate aired on a private news channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court on Saturday suggested that HRD Minister Smriti Irani and Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam look for &#8220;compromise or settlement&#8221; of their criminal defamation complaints filed against each other. &#8220;Both the matters are cross cases and the offences are compoundable. 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