{"id":56300,"date":"2019-06-07T12:41:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=56300"},"modified":"2019-06-07T12:41:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T07:11:15","slug":"delhi-court-grants-bail-to-shashi-tharoor-over-scorpion-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-court-grants-bail-to-shashi-tharoor-over-scorpion-remarks","title":{"rendered":"Delhi court grants bail to  Shashi Tharoor over &#8216;scorpion&#8217; remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" data-attachment-id=\"56301\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-court-grants-bail-to-shashi-tharoor-over-scorpion-remarks\/download-2019-06-07t124031-577\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" 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 &amp;#8211; 2019-06-07T124031.577\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-56301\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/download-2019-06-07T124031.577.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court granted bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday on a complaint over his alleged &#8216;scorpion&#8217; remarks referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted relief to Tharoor on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 after he appeared before the court and moved bail application.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a criminal defamation complaint filed against Tharoor by Delhi BJP leader Rajeev Babbar, who had said his religious sentiments were hurt by the Congress leader&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court granted bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday on a complaint over his alleged &#8216;scorpion&#8217; remarks referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 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