The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday (January 13, 2026) dismissed appeals filed by AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh challenging orders of lower courts rejecting their plea for separate trials in a defamation case on their remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s educational degree.
The single Bench of Justice M.R. Mengdey dismissed the pleas filed by former Delhi chief minister Kejriwal and Rajya Sabha member Mr. Singh, who had approached the high court after the trial and city sessions courts rejected their applications.
Gujarat University registrar Piyush Patel filed the defamation case citing "sarcastic and derogatory" statements made by the two AAP leaders against the varsity in connection with PM Modi’s degree.
The duo had sought separate trials on various grounds, including the one that accusations against them are distinct and separate, and even the dates of the incident are different.
The two leaders were issued summons by the court, which observed that prima facie, there appeared to be a case against them under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
