HC adjourns Mahua Moitra's defamation plea against Nishikant Dubey for Oct 31

As the legal tussle between TMC MP Mahua Moitra and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey reached the Delhi High Court on Friday the latters lawyers submitted that Moitra had recieved gifts for asking questions on ParliamentYesterday in the press a businessman has circulated an affidavit that he had given expensive gifts to the petitioner Advocate Abhimanyu Bhanfari appearing for Nishikant Dubey submitted before Justice Sachin DattaSenior Advocate Gopal Sankarnaryan while pushing for an ad interim injunction told the court Shes a public figure with standing in the societyunfortunately she was a friend with DehradariWhile Senior Advocate Sankarnaryan appearing for Mahua Moitra was putting forth his submisisons Advocate Jai Anant Dehradari against whom also injunction was sought objected to him appearing in the caseDehedrai appeared in person and told court that Sankaranarayanan contacted him last night and asked him to withdraw his CBI complaint in exchange for the dogFollowing these submisisons Sankarnaryan withdrew from the case and hence the matter was adjourned for October 31Speaking to the media outside the court complex Gopal Sankarnaryan said I have absolutely no comments except to say because Jai Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai instructed me in a case I had reached out to him yesterday and had asked him is there any way of exploring a settlement Jai had said that he will get back to me but he didnt Today when I appeared Jai personally said to me he had an objection to me appearing I immediately withdrew and said that I dont want to do this caseThe Delhi High Court on Friday was scheduled to hear TMC MP Mahua Moitras application seeking directions to restrain BJP MP Nishikant Dubey an advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai and several social media platforms and media houses from posting circulating or publishing any fake and defamatory content against herThe High Court on last date had issued notices to the defendants on Moitras suit Moitra is at the centre of a political storm after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey complained to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla that she had allegedly taken bribes from a business house to ask questions in ParliamentMeanwhile the Ethics Committee of Parliament has summoned both Nishikant Dubey and Advocate Dehadrai to give oral evidence on the complaint filed in the alleged Cash for Query scandal by the BJP MPEarlier Nishikant Dubey in his letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker titled Reemergence of nasty Cash for Query in Parliament had alleged Serious Breach of Privilege Contempt of the House and a Criminal Offence underSection 120A of IPC by the Trinamool Congress MPDubey claimed that Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai had provided him with proof of alleged bribe In her response to this letter the TMC MP had said that she would welcome a probe by the speaker after he dealt with alleged breach of privilege by other BJP MPsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever