The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to BJP leader and MP Varun Gandhi on a defamation suit filed by a Congress candidate from the Pilibhit Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Issuing the notice, Justice J.R. Midha asked Mr. Gandhi to file a reply to the suit by July 28. Before issuing the notice, the Court asked the petitioner, V.M. Singh, to explain the delay in filing the suit.
The Court asked Mr. Gandhi to state in his reply whether he had any objection to the Court taking up the suit for consideration in view of the delay in filing it. The petitioner in the suit charged that Mr. Gandhi had used defamatory language against him in the election campaign.