Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and his wife Sadhna Singh appeared in a district court here on Wednesday in connection with a defamation case he had filed against leader of Opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh.
Chouhan and his wife had filed the defamation case demanding Rs 1 crore against Ajay Singh whose allegations, they charged, had damaged their reputation. lawyer Dipesh Joshi is representing CM while lawyer Syed Sajid Ali representing Ajay Singh. The next hearing would be in the court of CJM Rakesh Sharma on Oct 12. When Ajay Singh's counsel questioned, the CM said that he has not filed any civil case so far. This is the only case of defamation with a demand of Rs 1 crore with an intention to help relatives of Uttrakhand tragedy as no amount of money could equate self-respect and honour. The allegations raised by Ajay Singh should be enquired into, he urged.
Sadhna Singh told the court that she is a housewife and works for social causes. After Ajay Singh' remark of 'money counting machine', relatives and members of society have asked regarding the same and went suspicious which lead to depression. later, she decided to lodge a defamation case against Ajay Singh whose allegations have damaged her and her husband's image.
In the year 2013, Chouhan filed a criminal defamation case against Congress leader and leader of Opposition in State Assembly, Ajay Singh, for damaging his and his wife Sadhna's reputation and demanded damages of Rs 1 crore from the leader of Opposition.