The Delhi high court will today hear an appeal by former Union minister and editor MJ Akbar against the dismissal of his criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani.
A Delhi court on February 17 had cleared Ramani of defamation charges for her allegations of sexual harassment against Akbar.
The court had held that “Akbar was not a man of stellar reputation”, and reasoned that “the right to reputation cannot be protected at the cost of right to life and dignity of women as guaranteed in the Indian Constitution...”.
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