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Narmada Bachao Andolan Activist Medha Patkar to face defamation charges
A Delhi court on Monday framed defamation charges against Narmada Bachao Andolan NBA activist Medha Patkar in a case lodged against her by Khadi Village and Industries Commission KVIC Chairman VK Saxena
A Delhi court on Monday framed defamation charges against Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar in a case lodged against her by Khadi Village and Industries Commission (KVIC) Chairman VK Saxena.
Metropolitan Magistrate Nishant Garg framed the notice on charges in a complaint lodged by Saxena against Patkar for allegedly defaming him on a TV news channel in 2006.
Prima facie case is made out against the accused for the offences, the magistrate said.
The court framed the notice against the activist under sections 499/500 (defamation) of the IPC and fixed the matter for recording of Saxena's evidence on August 28.
Patkar and Saxena have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2000 after she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). Saxena was then the chief of an Ahmedabad-based NGO, National Council for Civil Liberties.
Saxena, in turn, had filed two cases against her for making derogatory remarks against him on a TV channel and issuing a defamatory press statement against him.
