DPS Society alleged Salman Khurdhid and Sharda Nayak forcibly entered its office in 2015
The Supreme Court on Friday granted protection from any coercive action to Congress leader Salman Khurshid for an alleged incident of trespassing into the office of Delhi Public School Society (DPSS) in Delhi.
A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, BR Gavai and Surya Kant issued notice to the Delhi government and the police on a plea by Mr Khurshid challenging the High Court's November 27 order dismissing his plea for quashing of summons in the case.
The top court also issued notice for exploring the possibility of a mediation between Mr Khurshid and DPS Society in the 2015 trespass case and listed the matter for further hearing on January 31, 2020.
The High Court had dismissed the plea of the Congress leader seeking to quash the trial court order summoning him as an accused in the trespass case. It said there was enough material on record to proceed against Mr Khurshid and SR Vaish, who sought to assail the August 4, 2018 summoning order.
It allowed the petition of Delhi Police and the complainant seeking to set aside the trial court's order discharging another accused Sharda Nayak in the case.
According to the police, DPS Society alleged that on March 30, 2015, Mr Khurshid, along with Nayak, had trespassed into the office of the society and the latter had forcibly occupied the office of the chairman.
"They took control of the premises of the society" and it was in the presence of Mr Khurshid that Ms Nayak announced herself as the society's chairperson, DPS Society had alleged, adding that Mr Khurshid was part of a "well-planned conspiracy to illegally occupy and take over the premises of the society".
Mr Khurshid's plea said police had filed a chargesheet in the case in February 2016 exonerating him, but filed a supplementary charge sheet in December 2017 naming him and five others as accused.