MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani: Senior Adv Rebecca John begins her final arguments before ACMM at Rouse Avenure court in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar against journalist Priya...
MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani: Senior Adv Rebecca John begins her final arguments before ACMM at Rouse Avenure court in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani
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2020-09-05 06:43:24
5 Sep 2020 7:20 AM GMT
John refers to Ramani's statements made under sec 251 of CrPC
'In that statement Ramani had pleaded not guilty and claimed truth as her defence', John argues
5 Sep 2020 7:20 AM GMT
John: defamation is not an absolute offence, it's a justifiable offece. That's why the court shall look at the ingredients of this offence differently from the other offences
5 Sep 2020 7:19 AM GMT
John: With reference to Ramani's admission, Ingredient 1 of sec 499 is satisfied.
'Ramani's only contestation is that the entire article doesn't refer to Akbar, as argued by the complainant', John argues
5 Sep 2020 7:19 AM GMT
Ingredient 1: publishes a statement or imputation concerning a person
Ingredient 2: with an intention to harm the reputation
Ingredient 3: due to that imputation, reputation is harmed
5 Sep 2020 7:12 AM GMT
John reads out section 499 of IPC which details the offence of defamation
'I will breakdown 499 into 3 ingredients', John submits
5 Sep 2020 7:10 AM GMT
John reads out the timeline of the case, informing the court on what dates did the examination and cross-examination of witnesses take place
5 Sep 2020 7:10 AM GMT
John: testimony of Nilofar Venkatraman was used for the purpose of corroborating the statements made by Ramani
'Before Ramani's tweet, Ghazala Wahab wrote an article for The Wire.in detailing her experience with Akbar', John submits
5 Sep 2020 7:07 AM GMT
John argues that it is Ramani's case that she had a chat with Ghazala Wahab who had asked her, 'when will the revelations against Akbar will see the light of day.'
5 Sep 2020 7:06 AM GMT
John argues that Ramani wrote the Vogue article in the context of #MeToo movement and the Harvey Weinstein revelations that were taking over America
5 Sep 2020 7:04 AM GMT
John argues that Ramani's instance with Akbar refers to the period when she had come back from the US and sought a job at the Asian Age
'Prior to going to the Oberoi for my interview, Ramani had a chat with Nilofar Venkatraman', John argues