Aruna Suresh, J.

1. This petition has been filed by the Petitioner Shri R.N. Goel, Advocate under Section 482 of the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.P.C.) for quashing of criminal complaint dated 11.09.2006 filed by the respondent under Section 500 Indian Penal Code (IPC) for defamation read with Section 200 Cr.P.C. and for setting aside the summoning order dated 25.05.2007 in the said complaint passed by the learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Tis Hazari, Delhi.

2. Petitioner was appointed as a Senior Central Government counsel by the Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India on 17.02.2006 for conducting an arbitration case titled ERA Construction (India) Limited v. Union of India vide letter dated 17.02.2006 being letter F. No. 30(1) 2006 for contesting the arbitration case on behalf of the Union of India. On 22.03.2003 respondent Nirmal Goel, an engineer who was the Departmental Representative approached the Petitioner and asked him to complete the case within two or three hearings, although the claims of the contractor were for about rupees two and a half crores; to which the petitioner replied that since the claim was of a large amount, the proceedings could not be conc