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Non-bailable arrest warrant against Medha Patekar

     New Delhi: A Delhi court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against the environmental activist and leader of the NGO 'Narmada Bachao Andolan'(NBA), Medha Patekar in connection with a defamation case. V K Saxena, president of Ahmedabad-based National Council for Civil Liberties involved in the areas of water security and consumer protection, had filed a complaint against Patkar in January 2001, against Medha for allegedly issuing a press-note containing innuendoes against him. According to the complaint, the press-note issued on November 24, 2000, stated that "Saxena, who is a staunch supporter of the Sardar Sarovar Dam project, had donated 40,000 rupees to NBA by way of a cheque which was dishonoured by the bank." "Issuing the warrant to be executed on or before February 14, 2006, Metropolitan Magistrate G P Singh observed that neither Patkar nor her counsel were present at today's hearing," said Saxena's counsel Ajay Malviya "Saxena, had filed the defamation case in January 2001 in Ahmedabad, and it was later transferred to a Delhi court on Patkar's request, but she has made just one appearance in the matter since its transfer," Malviya said.

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