The Supreme Court in the case D Roopa v. Rohini Sindhuri observed and has stayed the proceedings in the criminal defamation complaint filed by Rohini Sindhuri IAS against D Roopa Moudgil IPS.
The bench comprising of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Pankaj Mithal observed and has passed the interim order in the plea moved by Roopa seeking to quash the defamation case. The bench in the case observed and has restrained both the Karnataka officers from giving any interview or information to the media, social and print, in any form, considering the fact that it is making an attempt to resolve all the disputes pending between the parties.
The bench in its order stated that the Criminal Case subject matter of this petition will not proceed further, this court is are making an attempt to resolve all the disputes pending between the parties, none of them shall give any interview or any information to the media, social and print, in any form.
The bench previously in its order dated December 14, 2023 directed Moudgil to take down the social media posts against Sindhuri. Following that Moudgil filed an affidavit with regards to the deletion of the posts. The court ordered the stay on the criminal defamation case, while taking on record the affidavit and the undertaking given by Moudgil.
The bench headed by Justice Oka observed and has expressed dismay at the spat between the civil servants. Thus, if the IAS-IPS officers fight like this, how will the administration work?
The bench in the case observed and has stated that it was entertaining the petition only to attempt to end the dispute. The counsel, Senior Advocate Adithya Sondhi and Shubhranshu Padhi AoR appeared for D Roopa. The counsel, Senior Advocate Vinay Navare and Advocate-on-Record Ilam Paridi represented Sindhuri.