Former Union minister M J Akbar has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani in the criminal defamation case filed against her over the allegations of sexual harassment.
Justice Mukta Gupta will be hearing the appeal today.
The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi had acquitted Ramani in defamation case on February 17. The court had observed that “right to dignity cannot be protected at the cost of right to life”.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey, in his order, said a victim of sexual abuse may keep believing that she is at fault and may live with that shame for years or for decades.
In October 2018, Ramani had accused the then Minister of State for External Affairs of sexual harassment. She tweeted that Akbar sexually harassed her when she was called to Mumbai’s Oberoi Hotel for a job interview in 1993.
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After that, Akbar had moved a Delhi court with his defamation complaint against Ramani on October 15, 2018 for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of sexual misconduct over two decades ago.
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