The Supreme Court today dismissed an appeal of AAP leader Raghav Chadha challenging the Delhi high court verdict that had paved way for his prosecution in a defamation case for retweeting an alleged objectionable tweet.

Chadha had retweeted the alleged objectionable tweet of chief minister Arvind Kejriwal against Union minister Arun Jaitley.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud rejected the contention of Chadha that he cannot be prosecuted for retweeting and the offence, if any, has to be dealt under the Information Technology Act and not under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

“We have heard you enough. Heard. Dismissed,” the bench said.

Senior advocate Anand Grover, representing the AAP leader, said the issue involves a Constitutional question as to whether an act covered under the IT Act, can be dealt by a magisterial court with regard to the offence of defamation under the IPC.