Overview
- Justice M.R. Mengdey on January 13 dismissed petitions by Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh seeking separate trials, with the detailed order awaited.
- The decision upholds earlier rulings by the Ahmedabad magistrate and city sessions courts that refused to split the proceedings.
- Courts found the April 1–2, 2023 press conferences and subsequent social media posts formed a single transaction animated by a common purpose.
- Gujarat University registrar Piyush Patel’s complaint alleges the remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree defamed the institution, leading to summons under IPC Section 500.
- The joint criminal trial in Ahmedabad will continue, despite the leaders’ arguments that differing dates, videos, and social media accounts warranted separate trials.