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2023 Supreme(Del) 5759

AMIT SHARMA
Suman Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Ravinder Pratap – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
Mr. Ajay Digpaul, Ms. Swati Kwatra, Ms. Ishita Pathak and Mr. Kamal Rattan Digpaul, Advocates, for the Appellant; None, for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

Amit Sharma, J. - The present petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure ('CrPC') seeks quashing of summoning order dated 29.10.2013, passed by learned Metropolitan Magistrate, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, in Complaint Case No.6161/09, P.S. Kashmere Gate.2. The facts stated in the present petition are as under:

    i. The petitioner was the Director of Centre of Governance, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University ('GGSIPU'), and held the position of Professor and Dean, University School of Law and Legal Studies, GGSIPU for six years, from 03.12.2007 to 03.12.2013.ii. The complainant/respondent no.1 ('complainant') was an Assistant Professor of Law at the GGSIPU, Kashmere Gate, since 23.08.2004 and had been engaged in teaching law, research and consultancy for about two decades. The complainant had filed a Public Interest Writ Petition No. 5572/07 titled as 'Ravindra Pratap & Anr. v. Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University & Ors.' wherein he had raised issues relating to minimum attendance of students.

    iii. Subsequently, complainant moved an application under the Right to Information ('RTI') Act to the University for providing letters written by the petitioner t

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