Comments on PM Modi educational qualifications: SC dismisses AAP leader Sanjay Singh’s plea against Gujarat High Court order

New Delhi, April 8

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed AAP leader Sanjay Singh’s petition against a Gujarat High Court order refusing to quash summons issued to him in a defamation case for alleged comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational qualification.

“We are not inclined to entertain the present petition,” a Bench led by Justice BR Gavai said.

The high court had already observed in its order that all contentions available to the parties were kept open and the trial judge would not be influenced by any observations made in the order, the Bench noted.

The Gujarat High Court had on February 16 dismissed the petitions by Singh and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking quashing of the summonses issued to them in the defamation case.

Kejriwal and Singh had challenged in the high court the summons issued by a trial court in the case filed by the Gujarat University and the subsequent order of the sessions court dismissing their revision applications against the summonses.