New Delhi, April 23 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday advised Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha to amicably resolve the defamation case filed by Tankha against the senior BJP leader.
The top court expressed a strong preference for an out-of-court settlement between the political rivals over the prolonged legal tussle.
A bench comprising Justice M M Sundresh and Justice Rajesh Bindal, while hearing Chouhan's appeal against a Madhya Pradesh High Court order that declined to quash the defamation proceedings, urged both parties to explore reconciliation.
"Please do not make us hear this case. Let us close it. Both of you sit together and settle this," the bench remarked, addressing Se...