The Court said that Ashok Gehlot levelled allegations against Shekhawat and his family without any material only to defame him and derive political benefits.
A Delhi court dismissed an appeal by former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot against his summoning in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Additional Sessions Judge M K Nagpal ruled that the order did not suffer from any factual mistake, illegality, or impropriety of finding. Shekhawat alleged that Gehlot publicly defamed him by linking him to the Sanjivani scam in the state.
Shekhawat, the Union Jal Shakti Minister and MP from Jodhpur, has alleged in his complaint before the metropolitan magistrate that Gehlot has been making defamatory remarks against him over the alleged scam and trying to tarnish his image and affect his political career.