Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Bihar Chief Minister Nitish KumarThe Delhi High Court has rejected a plea seeking to summon Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as a witness in a copyright violation lawsuit filed against him by a former JNU scholar-turned-politician, saying it can only be ordered in “exceptional circumstances” and “not in routine”. A bench of Justice Hima Kohli and Justice Asha Menon upheld its single judge’s November 13 decision dismissing the plea to summon Kumar as a witness in a suit instituted by Atul Kumar Singh, saying “we do not find any illegality, arbitrariness or perversity” in the order that “warrants interference”. 1 (Kumar) as a witness to prove the case set up by him. This is all the more so, when the respondent No.1 is not supporting the appellant/plaintiff but has filed a written statement in opposition to the pleas taken by him in the suit,” the bench concluded. For all the latest India News, download Indian Express App

Source: Indian Express December 31, 2019 19:30 UTC