Delhi High Court today quashed summons issued against Union Minister Smriti Irani in a defamation case. The defamation complaint was filed against her by Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam.

The court, however, dismissed a similar plea by Nirupam’s seeking to set aside the summons issued against him in a cross-defamation complaint filed by Irani. The court said that the case against Nirupam will continue.

Justice R K Gauba passed two separate verdicts on the two leaders plea. In her plea, Union Minister Smriti Irani had sought quashing of the summons issued to her by a trial court on June 6, 2014. She had also sought quashing of the complaint filed by Nirupam.