Arrest warrant in opposition to journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in Adani defamation case

New Delhi: A court docket in Kutch (Gujarat) has issued an arrest warrant in opposition to senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta in reference to a 2017 defamation swimsuit filed by the Adani Group.
The defamation swimsuit filed in opposition to Thakurta pertains to an article in regards to the Adani Group.
The Article in query was co-authored by Thakurta, when he was the Editor of Economic and Political Weekly, alleging that Modi authorities tweaked guidelines which finally led to Adani Group reaping a good thing about Rs 500 crore.
According to Live Law, the article was first revealed on EPW, and later republished by The Wire, after Sameeksha Trust, which runs the EPW, took down the article/report and in addition prompted Thakurta to resign because the editor of EPW.
“…accused stands charged with complaint under section 500 of IPC. You are hereby directed to arrest the said accused and to produce him before me,” Judicial Magistrate Pradeep Soni stated in a route to the Nizamuddin police.
Thakurta stated he’s not conscious of the court docket order and directed queries to his lawyer.
“We haven”t acquired any intimation (from the court docket). This info (on arrest warrant) has come to us from media,” his lawyer Anand Yagnik stated.
He additional stated the Adani Group had withdrawn complaints in opposition to everyone, together with the editor however not in opposition to the creator.
“The magazine (which published the article) is not responsible (for criminal defamation), the case against co-author has been withdrawn but you don”t withdraw the criticism in opposition to the creator,” he stated. “We have moved a discharge application.”