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Tytler’s arrest warrants
out
WSN Network
LUDHIANA: As
Jagdish Tytler failed to appear in a defamation case filed by
lawyer-activist H.S. Phoolka, the court of Magistrate K.K. Bansal,
today issued warrants for his arrest. Tytler’s petition for transfer
of this case to Haryana has been dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana
High Court. He has since petitioned the Supreme Court of India in
this regard.
Despite summons
produced by the
Ludhiana Court
for his appearance, the former minister of
India
and accused of massacre of Sikhs, in November 1984-Jagdish Tytler
failed to appear in the Ludhiana courts today in the said defamation
case.
The case was
filed by the lawyer in September 2004 against Tytler for the
derogatory remarks made against him during the course of a
discussion on a television channel.
The next date
of hearing has been fixed for 28th November.
17 September 2008
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