India, May 20 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar's petition challenging the dismissal of his defamation complaint against the Congress parliamentarian.

Chandrasekhar alleged that Tharoor defamed him by making "false" and "derogatory" statements on national television, had allegedly tarnished his image by accusing him of bribing voters in the Thiruvananthapuram constituency during the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Tharoor had defeated Chandrashekhar with a margin of over 16,000 votes.

A bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja sought Tharoor's response, while observing that the matter required consideration. The next hearing in the case will tak...