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The
Supreme Court on Friday stayed proceedings against Delhi chief minister Arvind
Kejriwal in two defamation cases, one filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari and the
other by a lawyer.
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A
bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice PC Pant has also agreed to hear
Kejriwal's plea for decriminalizing defamation law.
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Facing
repeated court appearances in various criminal defamation cases filed against
him, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal had moved the apex court for stay on
proceedings.
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The
Aam Aadmi Party leader in his petition also challenged constitutional validity
of Section 499 and 500 of IPC making defamation an offence punishable by up to
a two-year jail term.
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The
petition, filed through advocate Chirag Shroff, said that penal provision for
defamation is unconstitutional as it puts unreasonable restrictions on freedom
of speech and expression, a right guaranteed by the Constitution.
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