India, Sept. 6 -- The Telangana unit of the BJP has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the high court which quashed a defamation case against Chief Minister

A Revanth Reddy over his speech during the 2024 Lok Sabha poll campaign. The plea is slated to come up for hearing on September 8 before a bench of Chief Justice BR Gavai and Justices K Vinod Chandran and Atul S Chandurkar.

The Telangana High Court on August 1 acted on Reddy's plea who sought quashing of proceedings in the case pending in a Hyderabad trial court. The BJP's Telangana unit, represented by its general secretary, filed a complaint in May 2024 against Reddy alleging he delivered a defamatory and provocative speech against the party on May 4 last year. Reddy,...