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Delhi HC quashes summons against Smriti Irani in defamation case

Delhi High Court today quashed summons issued against Union Minister Smriti Irani in a defamation case. The defamation complaint was filed against her by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam. <br />''<br />''<br />''The court, however, dismissed a similar plea by Nirupam's seeking to set aside the summons issued against him in a cross-defamation complaint filed by Irani. The court said that the case against Nirupam will continue. <br />''<br />''<br />''Justice R K Gauba passed two separate verdicts on the two leaders plea. In her plea, Union Minister Smriti Irani had sought quashing of the summons issued to her by a trial court on June 6, 2014. She had also sought quashing of the complaint filed by Nirupam.<br />

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