This occurs on the day the court was expected to hear a rebuttal from Akbar’s attorney to the closing arguments presented by Priya Ramani’s attorney at the previous hearing. For the past two years, a Delhi court has been hearing a criminal defamation case brought by BJP MP MJ Akbar, …
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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 …
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