An IPS officer in Karnataka Roopa D, has withdrawn a particular depart petition she had filed final 12 months within the Supreme Courtroom over a defamation case filed in opposition to her by an IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri following a public spat on social media.
The Supreme Courtroom disposed of the particular depart petition filed by the IPS officer on Thursday, stating that it was “dismissed as withdrawn”. The matter was disposed of by a bench comprising Justice Abhay Oka, Justice Ahsanuddin Amanullah and Justice George Augustine Masih.
The Supreme Courtroom had earlier stayed the proceedings within the defamation case filed by the IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri in opposition to Roopa on December 15, 2023.
The Supreme Courtroom had granted time to the 2 officers to reconcile their variations after the IPS officer voluntarily deleted offensive posts in opposition to the IAS officer on social media following the intervention of the Supreme Courtroom.
Roopa approached the Supreme Courtroom in October 2023 looking for the quashing of prison defamation proceedings introduced in opposition to her by Sinduri after a public spat on social media in 2023.
The Supreme Courtroom gave the 2 authorities officers a number of alternatives to settle their variations and “work out an answer which will probably be within the curiosity of each.”
Sindhuri had sought an apology from Roopa for social media posts which the IPS officer eliminated after intervention of the Supreme Courtroom in December 2023.
The Supreme Courtroom stayed proceedings within the prison defamation case filed by Sindhuri in opposition to Roopa in December 2023 within the wake of the IPS officer giving the court docket an endeavor that she has deleted all social media posts referring to the IAS officer.
The Supreme Courtroom requested the IPS officer on December 14, 2023 to offer an endeavor on the deletion of the controversial posts or to precise remorse as a way for decision of the matter.
The IPS officer filed an affidavit on December 15 stating that she had taken down all posts referring to Sindhuri in deference to the views expressed by the Supreme Courtroom bench.
Earlier in August 2023, the Karnataka Excessive Courtroom had refused to quash the defamation case lodged by Sindhuri in opposition to Roopa. A single-judge bench rejected a plea by the IPS officer who then approached the Supreme Courtroom.
Sindhuri has alleged in her defamation criticism that Roopa shared pictures, made allegations on social media, and made statements within the media questioning her private {and professional} conduct to tarnish her earlier than the general public and colleagues. The case was filed below the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Part 500 (defamation), looking for damages of Rs 1 crore.
“If the statements posted on a personal account in addition to the statements made earlier than the print media are examined, I’m greater than glad that the petitioner/accused is sure to face a prison trial. The query as as to if the posts made on a Fb account and the statements made earlier than the print media fall below exceptions is a matter of trial,” the excessive court docket had dominated in its August 21, 2023 judgment.
The proceedings within the prison defamation case filed by the IAS officer in opposition to the IPS officer has been pending in a Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Bengaluru following the recording of the assertion of the IAS officer in September 2023.
The general public spat between the IAS and IPS officers created a significant controversy in Karnataka in early 2023 and left the 2 officers with out postings for a quick interval.
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