{"id":54678,"date":"2018-11-05T11:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54678"},"modified":"2018-11-05T11:00:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T05:30:43","slug":"defamation-complaint-filed-against-shashi-tharoor-in-delhi-court-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/defamation-complaint-filed-against-shashi-tharoor-in-delhi-court-2","title":{"rendered":"Defamation complaint filed against Shashi Tharoor in Delhi court"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>New Delhi:\u00a0<\/strong>A criminal defamation complaint has been filed against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor before a court here for his alleged &#8220;scorpion&#8221; remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" data-attachment-id=\"54669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/defamation-complaint-filed-against-shashi-tharoor-in-delhi-court\/shahsi-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/shahsi-1.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"286,176\" 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=\"shahsi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/shahsi-1.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/shahsi-1.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/shahsi-1.jpg?resize=286%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/shahsi-1.jpg?w=286&amp;ssl=1 286w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/shahsi-1.jpg?resize=150%2C92&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In his complaint, Delhi BJP leader Rajeev Babbar said his religious sentiments were hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am a devotee of Lord Shiva&#8230; However, the accused (Tharoor) completely disregarded the sentiments of crores of Shiva&#8217;s devotees, made the statement which hurt the sentiments of all the Lord Shiva devotees, both in India and outside the country,&#8221; the complaint said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The complainant&#8217;s religious sentiments were hurt and accused deliberately did this malicious act, intending to outrage religious feeling of Lord Shiva devotees by insulting their religious believes,&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint, filed through advocate Neeraj, termed the statement as an &#8220;intolerable abuse&#8221; and &#8220;absolute vilification&#8221; of the faith of millions of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint was filed under section 499 and 500 of the Indian Penal Code relating to defamation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter is likely to come up for hearing Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tharoor had stoked a fresh controversy Sunday while speaking at Bangalore Literature Festival, claiming that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Modi to &#8220;a scorpion sitting on a Shivling&#8221;.\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0A criminal defamation complaint has been filed against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor before a court here for his alleged &#8220;scorpion&#8221; remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 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