{"id":54970,"date":"2018-12-20T16:01:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T10:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54970"},"modified":"2018-12-20T16:01:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T10:31:35","slug":"delhi-hc-quashes-summons-against-smriti-irani-in-defamation-case-filed-by-congress-leader-sanjay-nirupam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-quashes-summons-against-smriti-irani-in-defamation-case-filed-by-congress-leader-sanjay-nirupam","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC quashes summons against Smriti Irani in defamation case filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" data-attachment-id=\"54971\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-hc-quashes-summons-against-smriti-irani-in-defamation-case-filed-by-congress-leader-sanjay-nirupam\/download-6-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/download-6-1.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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"download (6)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/download-6-1.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/download-6-1.jpg?fit=259%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/download-6-1.jpg?resize=259%2C194&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/download-6-1.jpg?w=259&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/12\/download-6-1.jpg?resize=134%2C100&amp;ssl=1 134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW DELHI:&nbsp;The Delhi High Court Wednesday&nbsp;quashed the criminal defamation proceedings&nbsp;against Union Minister Smriti Irani in a defamation case&nbsp;filed by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam.&nbsp;The court, however, dismissed a similar plea by Nirupam\u2019s seeking to set aside the summons issued against him in a cross-defamation complaint filed by Irani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court said the case against Nirupam will continue.&nbsp;Justice R K Gauba passed two separate verdicts on the two leaders plea.&nbsp;<br>\u201cSix years ago a battle began in court to uphold my dignity,\u201d Irani tweeted following the verdict. \u201cToday a semblance of justice all thanks to Honourable High Court of Delhi. 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