NEW DELHI, Feb 10: A Delhi court has postponed its verdict in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani.
The court hearing the criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar against Priya Ramani over her allegations of sexual misconduct against him, has postponed its judgment to February 17 over delay in submission of papers.
The written submissions were provided to the judge late. While Ramani's lawyers had submitted the papers before time, Akbar's papers came one day after the deadline on a Saturday.
The judge had given four days on February 1 to submit the documents, till Friday February 5. Akbar's lawyers submitted theirs on February 6, which effectively meant February 8.
The court of Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey was scheduled to pronounce the judgment at 2.30 pm on Wednesday in the case filed by MJ Akbar over her #MeToo allegation.
MJ Akbar had filed the complaint against Priya Ramani on October 15, 2018. Priya Ramani had made an allegation of sexual misconduct against MJ Akbar in the wake of the #MeToo.
Ramani, if convicted, would be sentenced to up to two years in jail or to pay a fine, or both. The judgement in the case will also set a precedent.
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