Chandigarh, March 26 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court sought a response from chief minister Bhagwant Mann and minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal in a defamation case.

The court was hearing a plea filed by one Emaan Singh Mann, son of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD Amritsar) leader Simranjit Singh Mann, against a 2024 Chandigarh court order dismissing a defamation complaint by the petitioner. The Chandigarh court pronounced the order on July 24 last year.

The plea claims Bhagwant Mann and Dhaliwal held a press conference on July 29, 2022, where they alleged the petitioner had usurped 125 acres of land in Mohali's Majri tehsil.

The petitioner claimed that during the proceedings in the Chandigarh court, it came on record that he owns only 5 bi...