A Delhi court on Wednesday deferred the judgement till February 17 on former Union minister MJ Akbar’s defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, of Bar and Bench reported.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey said he received the written submissions late. “I’m adjourning the matter,” he added.
Ramani had accused Akbar of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement in India in 2018. He had resigned from the Union Council of Ministers after that and filed a defamation case against her.
Throughout the hearing, Ramani, through her lawyer Rebecca John, had maintained that she spoke about her experience for public good. During the last hearing on January 27, Ramani had told the court that a person accused of sexual harassment cannot be of high reputation.
Akbar has repeatedly said that Ramani’s allegations tarnished his “impeccable” reputation.
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