Court adjourns hearing in defamation case filed by L-G against Patkar

Saxena, who was past the main of Ahmedabad-based NGO National Council for Civil Liberties, had published an advertisement successful 2000 against Patkar’s Narmada Bachao Andolan, which opposed the operation of dams implicit the Narmada River. Patkar past allegedly issued a “press notice” against Saxena. A defamation suit was filed against Patkar successful an Ahmedabad tribunal successful 2001. Two years later, the lawsuit was transferred to Delhi connected the Supreme Court’s directions.

Saxena, successful his reply to the sessions court, said that the entreaty was not maintainable connected the “sole crushed that it is not signed by the appellant (Patkar) and is filed lone nether the signatures of the counsel”. He besides said the entreaty was filed nether “wrong provisions”.

While sentencing Patkar, Judicial Magistrate (First Class) Raghav Sharma had connected July 1 ordered a one-month suspension of the condemnation nether Section 389(3) of CrPC to let Patkar to record an entreaty against the order. Patkar was convicted by the Delhi tribunal connected May 24 successful the defamation case.

On the different hand, Patkar’s counsel had earlier argued determination was nary impervious that she had sent the 2000 “press note” to Saxena.

Less than a period later, Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Vishal Singh suspended her sentence, and granted bail to Patkar.