Journalist Priya Ramani on Wednesday told a court in Delhi that she spoke out about being sexually harassed by former Union minister MJ Akbar in good faith and for public good, and challenged the defamation case against her, Bar and Bench reported.
Ramani had accused Akbar of sexual harassment in 2018, following which he resigned from the Union Council of Ministers and filed a criminal defamation case against her.
The journalist made a fresh submission to the Court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, since a new judge has taken over the case now. “I have pleaded truth as my defence, that my disclosure was made in good faith, for public good,” Ramani said. “The reason I have done so because it touched a question of public importance.”
She added: “The court will have to come to a conclusion that although an imputation was made, no case for defamation is made out.”
Also read: