New Delhi, May 28 -- Delhi High Court sought a response from former Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari and others in a leave to appeal in a defamation case

The trial court acquitted Koshiyari, Congress leader Rashid Alvi and others in February 2025 as the complainant had died.

Now, the legal heir has moved to the High Court. At the outset, the counsel for respondents said the substitution of the complainant is not permissible in a defamation case. On this ground, the respondents were acquitted.

Therefore, the appeal first has to pass the test of whether it can be filed by a person other than the person aggrieved. Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought a reply on the leave to appeal within four weeks. The matter was listed in October. ...