NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Monday indicated that proceedings against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav in a defamation case for his remarks on Gujaratis could be quashed if he expressed regret and filed a “proper statement” withdrawing his comments.
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan granted him one week to file a proper statement in court. Yadav had filed an affidavit in the SC on Jan 19 withdrawing his alleged “Gujarati thugs” remark but the complainant said it was not clear.The court directed him to file a fresh statement. According to the complaint, Yadav, while talking to the media in Patna in March 2023, had said, “Only Gujaratis can be thugs in the present situation, and their fraud will be forgiven. Who will be responsible if they run away with the money belonging to LIC or banks?”
A bench of Justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan granted him one week to file a proper statement in court. Yadav had filed an affidavit in the SC on Jan 19 withdrawing his alleged “Gujarati thugs” remark but the complainant said it was not clear.The court directed him to file a fresh statement. According to the complaint, Yadav, while talking to the media in Patna in March 2023, had said, “Only Gujaratis can be thugs in the present situation, and their fraud will be forgiven. Who will be responsible if they run away with the money belonging to LIC or banks?”