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Updated Feb 17, 2021 · 08:59 pm File photo of Journalist Priya Ramani. | IANS
A woman cannot be punished for raising voice against sexual abuse, a Delhi court noted in its verdict on Wednesday in the MJ Akbar-Priya Ramani defamation case. The court held journalist Ramani not guilty in the defamation case filed by Akbar.
Ramani had accused Akbar of sexual harassment during the #MeToo movement in India in 2018. Following the allegations, Akbar resigned from the Union Council of Ministers and filed a defamation case against her.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey said that women who have suffered sexual abuse may not speak about it for years, believing that they are at fault for ages. He said that most of the women who do not speak up about sexual abuse for one reason, “the shame” or the social stigma attached with sexual harassment.
Updated Feb 18, 2021, 7:15 am IST
Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court
Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying the allegations as false, baseless and wild. (AP)
New Delhi: There were tears, hugging and jubilation in and outside the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey on Wednesday afternoon when he threw out Rajya Sabha member M.J. Akbar’s criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, saying the court believed her and that a man’s “the right to reputation cannot be at the cost of dignity” of women.
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Sushant Singh: Doesn t Matter If I Lose Projects Because of Speaking Out, I m Prepared for the Cost
Sushant Singh
In this interview, actor Sushant Singh speaks about his recent show Kaun? Who did it? and what gives him the courage to fearlessly voice out his opinions on social media.
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Over the years, actor Sushant Singh has acquired a reputation as a politically active celebrity, who has time again spoken out on burning issues in the country. From standing in solidarity with the MeToo movement and taking firm actions against the perpetrators during his tenure under CINTAA to joining protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Sushant has been hitting the headlines for his stances on various issues.