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Delhi court verdict in MJ Akbar's defamation case today
A Delhi court will today pass its verdict in the criminal defamation case brought against journalist Priya Ramani by editor-turned-politician MJ Akbar. Akbar had filed the case against Ramani in October 2018 citing an article she had written and a subsequent tweet in which she had alleged that the former editor of Asian Age newspaper had sexually harassed her during a job interview in 1994.
MJ Akbar-Priya Ramani Case Latest Updates: A Delhi Court will pronounce verdict on Wednesday in MJ Akbar's criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani for her allegations of sexual harassment against him.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar had on February 1 reserved the judgment after Akbar as well as Ramani completed their arguments.
Ramani had made allegation of sexual misconduct against Akbar in the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018.
Akbar had filed the complaint against Ramani on October 15, 2018 for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of sexual misconduct decades ago when he was a journalist.
He resigned as Union minister on 17 October, 2018.
He has denied all the allegations of sexual harassment by all the women who came forward during #MeToo campaign against him.
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