Journalist Priya Ramani , who is facing a criminal defamation case filed by former Union minister MJ Akbar, told a court in Delhi on Wednes...
Journalist Priya Ramani, who is facing a criminal defamation case filed by former Union minister MJ Akbar, told a court in Delhi on Wednesday that a person accused of sexual harassment cannot be of high reputation, Live Law reported.
During the #MeToo movement in India in 2018, Ramani had accused Akbar of sexual harassment. He resigned from his position after that and filed a defamation case against Ramani. Akbar has repeatedly said that Ramani’s allegations tarnished his “impeccable” reputation.
At Wednesday’s hearing also, Akbar sought “justice” from the court for the damage to his reputation. “I have no other way to get redressal and I have irreparably been harmed in my reputation, in my name which I have built in about 50 years of hard work and efforts,” he said.
Ramani countered his argument. “No human being who has been accused of sexual harassment can be a person of high reputation, no matter by one woman or by many, numbers do no matter,” Ramani’s lawyer Rebecca John submitted on her behalf.
She added: “No journalist who has been accused of harassing a female journalist who is much younger than him, can be a person of high reputation. No journalist guilty of contempt of court can be of high reputation.”
Ramani’s lawyer also responded...
