Karnataka IPS officer D Roopa withdraws SC plea against 2023 defamation case by IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri

The Supreme Court had earlier stayed the proceedings successful the defamation lawsuit filed by the IAS serviceman Rohini Sindhuri against Roopa connected December 15, 2023.

The Supreme Court had granted clip to the 2 officers to reconcile their differences aft the IPS serviceman voluntarily deleted violative posts against the IAS serviceman connected societal media pursuing the involution of the Supreme Court.

Roopa approached the Supreme Court successful October 2023 seeking the quashing of transgression defamation proceedings brought against her by Sinduri aft a nationalist spat connected societal media successful 2023.

The Supreme Court gave the 2 authorities officers respective opportunities to settee their differences and “work retired a solution which volition beryllium successful the involvement of both.”

Sindhuri had sought an apology from Roopa for societal media posts which the IPS serviceman removed aft involution of the Supreme Court successful December 2023.

The Supreme Court stayed proceedings successful the transgression defamation lawsuit filed by Sindhuri against Roopa successful December 2023 successful the aftermath of the IPS serviceman giving the tribunal an undertaking that she has deleted each societal media posts referring to the IAS officer.

The Supreme Court asked the IPS serviceman connected December 14, 2023 to supply an undertaking connected the deletion of the arguable posts oregon to explicit regret arsenic a means for solution of the matter.

The IPS serviceman filed an affidavit connected December 15 stating that she had taken down each posts referring to Sindhuri successful deference to the views expressed by the Supreme Court bench.

Earlier successful August 2023, the Karnataka High Court had refused to quash the defamation lawsuit lodged by Sindhuri against Roopa. A single-judge seat rejected a plea by the IPS serviceman who past approached the Supreme Court.

Sindhuri has alleged successful her defamation ailment that Roopa shared photos, made allegations connected societal media, and made statements successful the media questioning her idiosyncratic and nonrecreational behaviour to tarnish her earlier the nationalist and colleagues. The lawsuit was filed nether the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 500 (defamation), seeking damages of Rs 1 crore.

“If the statements posted connected a backstage relationship arsenic good arsenic the statements made earlier the people media are examined, I americium much than satisfied that the petitioner/accused is bound to look a transgression trial. The question arsenic to whether the posts made connected a Facebook relationship and the statements made earlier the people media autumn nether exceptions is simply a substance of trial,” the precocious tribunal had ruled successful its August 21, 2023 judgment.

The proceedings successful the transgression defamation lawsuit filed by the IAS serviceman against the IPS serviceman has been pending successful a magistrate’s tribunal successful Bengaluru pursuing the signaling of the connection of the IAS serviceman successful September 2023.

The nationalist spat betwixt the IAS and IPS officers created a large contention successful Karnataka successful aboriginal 2023 and near the 2 officers without postings for a little period.