Today, Delhi High Court issued summoned to former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, his son Aditya Thackeray and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on a defamation suit filed by MP Rahul Ramesh Shewale for allegedly levelling frivolous corruption allegations against him and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena faction.

The bench of Justice Prateek Jalan admitted the defamation suit and issued summons to the trio mentioned. 

Delhi High court also directed Google, Twitter, and the mentioned trio to file their written statements within 30 days on the plea seeking removal of the allegedly defamatory content from social media platforms.

Senior Advocate Rajiv Nayar appearing for Shewale apprised the court of the allegations and prayed to the court to pass an injunction order to restrain the defendants from making any further defamatory allegations.

During the hearing, the court orally remarked: “These are political fights going on... as far as the institutions are concerned, they have to stand for themselves. Election commission's shoulders are broad enough to deal with all this. Like the courts, people say all kinds of things about the courts.”

However, Justice Jalan said that an order will be passed only after having the response of parties.

The court has posted the matter for further hearing on April 17.

Shewale was represented through senior advocates Rajiv Nayar and Arvind Verma and lawyers Chirag Shah and Utsav Trivedi.