NEW DELHI: Delhi court docket on Monday suspended the five-month easy imprisonment sentence given to Medha Patkar, a frontrunner of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, in a defamation case filed by lieutenant governor of Delhi V Okay Saxena. The case was filed by Saxena when he was the pinnacle of an NGO in Gujarat 23-years-ago.
Patkar’s enchantment led to the suspension of the sentence by Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Raghav Sharma, who additionally issued a discover to the alternative occasion, in keeping with Saxena’s counsel Gajinder Kumar.
The court docket granted bail to Patkar on a bail bond and surety bond of Rs 25,000, Kumar mentioned. He added {that a} reply have to be filed earlier than the following listening to date on September 4.
On July 1, the court docket had sentenced Patkar to jail, following her conviction on Might 24. The court docket noticed that Patkar’s statements, which known as Saxena a “coward” and alleged his involvement in “hawala” transactions, weren’t solely defamatory per se but additionally designed to incite unfavourable perceptions about him.
Moreover, the accusation that the complainant was “mortgaging” the individuals of Gujarat and their assets to overseas pursuits was thought-about a direct assault on his integrity and public service.
The authorized battle between Patkar and Saxena started in 2000 when Patkar filed a go well with in opposition to him for publishing commercials in opposition to her and the Narmada Bachao Andolan. In response, Saxena, who was then the pinnacle of an Ahmedabad-based NGO known as “Council for Civil Liberties,” filed two circumstances in opposition to Patkar in 2001 for making derogatory remarks in opposition to him on a tv channel and issuing a defamatory press assertion.
Patkar’s enchantment led to the suspension of the sentence by Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Raghav Sharma, who additionally issued a discover to the alternative occasion, in keeping with Saxena’s counsel Gajinder Kumar.
The court docket granted bail to Patkar on a bail bond and surety bond of Rs 25,000, Kumar mentioned. He added {that a} reply have to be filed earlier than the following listening to date on September 4.
On July 1, the court docket had sentenced Patkar to jail, following her conviction on Might 24. The court docket noticed that Patkar’s statements, which known as Saxena a “coward” and alleged his involvement in “hawala” transactions, weren’t solely defamatory per se but additionally designed to incite unfavourable perceptions about him.
Moreover, the accusation that the complainant was “mortgaging” the individuals of Gujarat and their assets to overseas pursuits was thought-about a direct assault on his integrity and public service.
The authorized battle between Patkar and Saxena started in 2000 when Patkar filed a go well with in opposition to him for publishing commercials in opposition to her and the Narmada Bachao Andolan. In response, Saxena, who was then the pinnacle of an Ahmedabad-based NGO known as “Council for Civil Liberties,” filed two circumstances in opposition to Patkar in 2001 for making derogatory remarks in opposition to him on a tv channel and issuing a defamatory press assertion.
