Former Union minister M.J. Akbar on Tuesday told a Delhi court that journalist Priya Ramani did not make 바카라defamatory바카라 statements for the public good but out of vengeance.
Akbar made the statement before additional chief metropolitan magistrate Vishal Pahuja through his lawyer during the final arguments in a criminal defamation complaint filed by him against Ramani.
In the wake of #MeToo movement, Ramani in 2018 accused Akbar of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago when he was a journalist.
Senior advocate Geeta Luthra, appearing for Akbar, told the court, 바카라Ramani didn't make these statements (termed by Akbar as defamatory) for the public good, she made them out of vengeance. She didn't even apologise for a factually incorrect statement.바카라
바카라Ramani didn't produce any landline records, parking receipts, no CCTV footage, nothing. She didn't produce any evidence to prove her story,바카라 the counsel said.
The counsel claimed that Ramani wrote a fictitious piece in the magazine Vogue in context of #MeToo movement with a mala fide intention as she 바카라intended to tarnish the reputation of Akbar.바카라
바카라Wreckless statements against Akbar were put in a public place without any care or caution... The per se effect of Ramani's statements was defamatory, damaging the reputation of Akbar,바카라 the counsel said.
