{"id":67757,"date":"2024-06-07T09:26:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T09:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/defamation-case-court-reserves-for-july-1-order-on-sentencing-against-medha-patkar\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T09:26:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T09:26:41","slug":"defamation-case-court-reserves-for-july-1-order-on-sentencing-against-medha-patkar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/07\/defamation-case-court-reserves-for-july-1-order-on-sentencing-against-medha-patkar\/","title":{"rendered":"Defamation case: Court reserves for July 1 order on sentencing against Medha Patkar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Delhi<\/a> court on Friday reserved for July 1 its order on the quantum of sentence against activist Medha Patkar<\/a> in a defamation case<\/a> lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena<\/a> when he headed an NGO<\/a> in Gujarat. Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma reserved the order after noting that the Delhi Legal Services Authority (DLSA) submitted a victim impact report (VIR). The report is prepared after the conviction of an accused to assess the quantum of loss suffered by the victim. <\/p>\n

The offence entails a maximum punishment of simple imprisonment of up to two years or fine or both. <\/p>\n

Earlier on May 24, the court had observed that Patkar’s statements calling Saxena a “coward” and alleging his involvement in hawala transactions were not only defamatory per se but also crafted to incite negative perceptions about him. <\/p>\n

Also, the accusation that the complainant was “mortgaging” the people of Gujarat and their resources to foreign interests was a direct attack on his integrity and public service, it said. <\/p>\n

The arguments on sentencing<\/a> were completed on May 30. Patkar and Saxena have been locked in a legal tussle since 2000 after she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). <\/p>\n

Saxena, who then headed an Ahmedabad-based NGO named ‘Council for Civil Liberties’, had also filed two cases against Patkar for making derogatory remarks against him on a TV channel and issuing a defamatory press statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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