Ahmedabad: A local court today reserved for December 13 its order on admitting a criminal defamation suit filed by suspended Gujarat IAS officer Pradeep Sharma against columnist-activist Madhu Kishwar with regard to the snooping scandal.
In her tweets and during debates, Kishwar had alleged the senior bureaucrat was harassing the woman due to which her father asked for police protection.
The suit filed last week has sought initiation of criminal proceedings against Kishwar. Sharma has alleged Kishwar dragged his name in the scandal and tried to tarnish his image through comments on microblogging site Twitter and also TV channels.
The court is to decide if the matter falls under its authority. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate H G Pandya heard arguments by Sharma's counsel regarding the jurisdiction of the matter and reserved its order for December 13.
