The court acquitted Patkar, citing factual inconsistencies in the case and non-compliance with mandatory procedural requirements for electronic evidence.
As Medha Patkar waited outside meeting room, BJP MPs part of parliamentary panel started calling her anti-national and accused her of stalling development, it is learnt.
Defamation case against Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar was filed by VK Saxena, who is currently Delhi L-G, in 2000 when he headed Gujarat-based NGO.
Court rules Patkar’s 2001 statements against Vinay Kumar Saxena, now Delhi L-G, as ‘deliberate’, causing significant damage to his reputation and standing in society.
Hasmukh Patel, then Officer on Special Duty to the Narmada Development Minister, had said that Medha Patkar's concern regarding fair and just rehabilitation was genuine.
BJP leaders ranging from the Union Home Minister to the Gujarat chief minister have claimed that Patkar is AAP’s CM candidate. The activist had parted ways with Kejriwal in 2015.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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