No defamation trial against Manoj Tiwari

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the trial court proceedings in the defamation case filed by Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia against BJP leader Manoj Tiwari, the Bar and Bench reported. The Bench of CJI SA Bobde and Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian also issued notice in Tiwari's petition against the Delhi High Court's dismissal of his plea challenging the trial court order summoning him in the criminal defamation case. Back in 2019, Harish Khurana had filed a Right to Information (RTI) query seeking details of the Delhi government’s expenditure on classrooms in government schools. Citing the information received in the RTI reply, Tiwari held a press conference wherein he called into question the expenditure incurred out of funds of the public exchequer.