India, Feb. 13 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav, who was summoned by an Ahmedabad court last year over his alleged offending remarks against Gujaratis.

Yadav approached the top court to get the case shifted to a court outside Gujarat, preferably Delhi or Patna. A bench of justices Abhay S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan held it was appropriate to rather end the proceedings since Yadav unconditionally withdrew his remarks.

The relief came weeks after the RJD lost power when Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar switched allies. Kumar won a trust vote in the assembly on Monday.

On February 5, the Supreme Court reserved its verdict in the matter while taking on re...