HC notice to CM in defamation case

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, Updated At : 02:00 AM Mar 26, 2025 IST

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Acting on a petition filed by Emaan Singh Mann, former MP Simranjit Singh Mann’s son, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has put Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann and another respondent on notice. He had moved the court following dismissal of his complaint alleging defamation.

“Despite having prime facie proved case of defamation, the criminal complaint has been dismissed without summoning the respondent\accused,” Mann contended through counsel Abhaypal Singh Gill and Bhagoti Singh.

Appearing before Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya’s Bench, the counsel contended that the petitioner, prima facie, established before the Magistrate that he did not own 125 acres said to have been encroached upon by him.

The Bench fixed the case for further hearing on May 3.

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