New Delhi: The defamation case filed against journalist Priya Ramani has been rejected by the Delhi Court. The court said that the woman has the right to put forward her complaint even after decades. A case was filed against Ramani by former Union Minister MJ Akbar (MJ Akbar). The court said, ‘Sexual harassment kills self-esteem and confidence. The right to dignity cannot be saved at the cost of the right to dignity.
The court acquitted Ramani after a case that lasted for about two and a half years. The court admitted that the tweet by Ramani did not defame Akbar. Please tell that during the Ramani ‘Me to Movement’, many questions were raised on Akbar. If charges of Ramani were proved by Akbar, he could be imprisoned for two years or fined or both.
Akbar filed a complaint against Ramani on 15 October 2018. In his complaint, he had said that Ramani had defamed him decades ago by making false allegations of sexual misconduct. He resigned as Union Minister on 17 October 2018. Akbar dismissed the allegations of all the women standing against him during the Meetu campaign.
What was the matter
In the year 2017, Ramani wrote an article for Vogue. In this article, he alleged that the boss had sexually assaulted him during the job interview. A year later, he revealed that through this article he had pointed to MJ Akbar. Akbar had told the court that Ramani’s allegations are imaginary, due to which his honor is being hurt. However, the journalists remained steadfast in their claims and said that they had lodged the complaint in the public interest.
