India, Nov. 4 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed summons issued against journalist Arnab Goswami in a criminal defamation case filed against him, reports Live Law In .

Lawyer Vikram Singh Chauhan, said that derogatory statements "were made against him on Times Now channel by Goswami in 2016 during the broadcast of his show The NewsHour.

The broadcast was related "to the incident alleging assault of former JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar and some journalists by Chauhan in the Patiala House Courts premises, in the aftermath of the incident wherein anti-India slogans were allegedly raised in the varsity."

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