Tejinder moves court seeking correction in earlier order

NEW DELHI: Lt Gen (Retd) Tejinder Singh on Friday moved the trial court seeking correction of its previous order in a defamation case filed against Army chief Gen V K Singh.
The court will now hear the plea on Saturday when it is likely to pass an order on summoning Army chief Gen V K Singh and four others named as accused in a criminal defamation case filed by former Tejinder Singh.
Metropolitan magistrate Sudesh Kumar had on the last date of hearing sought some clarifications from Tejinder Singh as to what were the independent roles of the persons named as accused in the plea.
The court had earlier recorded Tejinder Singh's statement and pre-summoning evidence in support of his complaint over a press release alleging that he had offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vectra Ltd, which supplies vehicles to BEML.
He had denied having made a Rs 14 crore bribe offer to the Army chief to strike the defence deal. The court, during the last hearing, had asked the roles of the accused in issuing the March 5 press release, which Tejinder Singh alleged was circulated with the sole intention to defame him.
Tejinder Singh's counsel had said the Army chief took his name in the media and Lt Col Hitten Sawhney, posted in the media cell and named as accused in the case, had signed the press release. Tejinder Singh, a former director general of Defence Intelligence Agency, had filed the defamation complaint against the Army chief and four other Army officials.
Besides the Army chief, he has named Vice Chief of Army Staff S K Singh, Lt Gen B S Thakur (DG MI), Maj Gen S L Narshiman (additional director general of public information) and Lt Col Hitten Sawhney, accusing them of misusing their official position, power and authority to level false charges against him.
Tejinder Singh had earlier also refuted the allegations that he had offered bribe to the Army chief for clearing a deal for 600 "sub-standard" vehicles.
Pleading to give its verdict early, his counsel had told the court that Gen V K Singh is retiring at the end of this month and he should not be allowed to "escape" like this as the accused were connected with each other with the Army chief being the head.
Recording his statement before the magistrate, Tejinder Singh had said that the allegation against him of having offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vectra Ltd was absolutely "false, ill-founded and concocted".