Akbar strikes Delhi HC in opposition to Ramani’s acquittal in defamation case, listening to tomorrow

Former Union minister M J Akbar has moved the Delhi High Court difficult a trial court docket order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani within the felony defamation case filed in opposition to her over the allegations of sexual harassment.
The plea is scheduled to return up for listening to on Thursday earlier than Justice Mukta Gupta.
Akbar has challenged the trial court docket’s February 17 order acquitting Ramani within the case on the bottom {that a} girl has the proper to place grievances earlier than any platform of her selection even after a long time.

The trial court docket had dismissed the criticism filed by Akbar saying that no expenses had been proved in opposition to Ramani.
The court docket had stated it was shameful that crimes in opposition to girls are happening in a rustic the place mega epics like Mahabharata and Ramayana had been written about respecting them.

The glass ceiling won’t forestall Indian girls as a roadblock in development in society of equal alternatives, it had stated.
Ramani had made allegation of sexual misconduct in opposition to Akbar within the wake of #MeToo motion in 2018.

Akbar had filed the criticism in opposition to Ramani on October 15, 2018 for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of sexual misconduct a long time in the past.
He resigned as a Union minister on October 17, 2018.
He denied all of the allegations of sexual harassment in opposition to the ladies who got here ahead throughout #MeToo marketing campaign in opposition to him.