Chandigarh, Oct. 18 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has dismissed a plea from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal seeking quashing of a defamation complaint lodged by then Akhand Kirtani Jatha spokesperson Rajinder Pal Singh in 2017. Rajinder Pal had approached the Chandigarh court with a complaint in 2017, and acting on the same, the local court had summoned Sukhbir in March 2020. Rajinder Pal had alleged that Sukhbir made defamatory remarks against him in 2017 by associating him with the terrorist outfit Babbar Khalsa International (BKI). Sukhbir had challenged the summoning order and also sought the quashing of the complaint in 2020. While dismissing the same, the HC said that after perusing the material on record, prima facie defamation can't be ruled out. Also, the petitioner has not disowned the statements made against the complainant, which are alleged to be defamatory in nature, it added....