New Delhi, May 29 -- The Rouse Avenue court on Friday took cognisance of a defamation complaint of former Delhi Minister Satyender Jain filed against BJP MLA Karnail Singh.

Jain had alleged that Singh made a defamatory statement during an interview on a news channel on January 19, 2025.

The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) took cognisance and said, "There are sufficient grounds to proceed further in this matter."

The court directed Karnail Singh to appear on June 6.

The court said that the proposed accused was contesting as an opposition to the complainant from the same constituency, and hence the statements ought to have been made with a higher degree of care and caution. The proposed accused made a statement to the media ...