The Shiromani AKali Dal has decided to file contempt of court plea against Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee and its president Capt. Amarinder Singh for deliberately denigrating the honourable high court thorough its malicious advertising campaign. The SAD would also file a criminal defamation plea against the party for character assassination of its party leaders.
In a statement issued here today Mr. Harpreet Singh Brar Incharge of Legal Cell of SAD said that Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, Mr. Parkash Singh Badal had already got a clean chit from the Punjab and Haryana High Court that has dismissed a PIL against the transport policy of the Punjab government and high court found no substance in the allegations against Badal family. He said that now Congress party by its malicious campaign on transport policy was denigrating the honourable high court that has passed its judgement on this issue.
He said that the SAD would request the Punjab and Haryana High Court to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Capt. Amarinder Singh President of Punjab Pradesh Congress party who is the brain behind this malicious advertising campaing. Mr. Brar said that Congress party was lowering the image of Punjab and Haryana High Court by its advertising campaign and no body could be allowed to target judiciary in petty political battle.
Mr. Brar said that the party has also decided to file a defamation plea in the appropriate court for character assassination of its party leaders in the advertising campaign. He said that the party has already requested Chief Election Commissioner Mr. SY Quraishi to take cognizance of defamatory advertising campaign launched by Congress party against the Badal family. He said that they had requested election commission to pre scrutinize various advertisements being put by various political parties and ensure that there was no direct or indirect defamatory or libellous, slanderous content in it. The legal head said that Congress bereft of any positive issue was stooping so low in desperation that it has crossed all limits of political decency and it should remain prepared for legal and criminal prosecution.