New Delhi, April 30 -- The Rouse Avenue court on Thursday set aside the order of cognisance of the Defamation complaint against BJP MLA Karnail Singh.

A defamation complaint was filed by former Delhi Minister Satyender Jain against BJP MLA Karnail Singh.

Special Judge Jitendra Singh set aside the cognisance order and remanded back the matter to the court of the Magistrate for passing an order taking into consideration the exception raised by the counsel for Karnail Singh.

The court said that the view taken by the Trial Court that the applicability of statutory exceptions can be examined only at the stage of trial is not in accordance with the law. The issue raised by the revisionist goes to the root of the matter and directly affects t...