The
Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Delhi Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal's plea challenging the high court order rejecting his request to stay
the criminal defamation proceedings filed by the Gujarat University over his
remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualification.
Gujarat
University Registrar Piyush Patel had filed a defamation case against Kejriwal
and AAP leader Sanjay Singh over their alleged comments after the Gujarat High
Court set aside an order of the Chief Information Commissioner for providing
information about Modi's degrees to them under the RTI Act.
A
bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti said it is not issuing notice on
the plea as the matter is pending before the Gujarat High Court and is listed
for hearing on August 29.
The
bench said the Gujarat University and Kejriwal can raise their grievances
before the high court.
At
the outset, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, said the
high court had wrongly refused to grant interim stay on the defamation
proceedings against him.
Solicitor
General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the University, said there was suppression
of facts by Kejriwal.