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MJ Akbar had filed the criminal defamation complaint against Ms Ramani in March 2018. New Delhi: After a two-year hearing, an additional chief metropolitan magistrate court on Tuesday asked the district judge to transfer former union minister MJ Akbar’s criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani to another judge on …

Rebecca John, a lawyer for journalist Priya Ramani, concluded her arguments on Saturday at an online hearing on the criminal defamation lawsuit brought against her client by former Union Minister MJ Akbar. Akbar brought the case under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code in November 2018 after Ramani made …