SC refuses to entertain Medha Patkar’s plea to introduce new witness in defamation case against L-G Saxena New Delhi, Sep 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea filed by social activist Medha Patkar challenging the Delhi High Court’s refusal to allow her to examine an additional witness in a decades-old defamation case against V.K. Saxena -- the present Lt Governor of Delhi. After a bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma expressed its inclination not to interfere with the Delhi High Court decision, Patkar’s counsel sought permission to withdraw the matter, which the apex court allowed.

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SC refuses to interfere with Medha Patkar’s conviction in defamation case New Delhi, Aug 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the conviction of activist Medha Patkar in the 2021 criminal defamation case filed against her by V.K. Saxena -- the now Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and N. Kotiswar Singh was dealing with a special leave petition (SLP) filed by Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar, challenging a Delhi High Court order that had maintained her conviction in the matter.

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Delhi HC trashes Medha Patkar’s plea to introduce new witness in defamation case against L-G Saxena New Delhi, July 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea filed by social activist Medha Patkar challenging a trial court’s refusal to allow her to examine an additional witness in a decades-old defamation case against V.K. Saxena -- the present Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. A single-judge Bench of Justice Shalinder Kaur upheld the March 18 order of the Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), which found Patkar’s application to be “a deliberate attempt to delay the trial rather than a genuine necessity.”

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Delhi HC upholds Medha Patkar’s conviction in defamation case New Delhi, July 29 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday maintained the conviction of activist Medha Patkar in a criminal defamation case filed against her by V.K. Saxena – now Lieutenant Governor of Delhi – back in 2001. A single-judge Bench of Justice Shalinder Kaur rejected the revision plea filed by Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar, challenging a Saket Court's order that had earlier dismissed her criminal appeal and upheld her conviction.

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Delhi court dismisses Medha Patkar’s plea to introduce new witness in defamation case against LG Saxena New Delhi, March 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) A court here on Tuesday turned down activist Medha Patkar's plea to introduce a new witness in her defamation case against Delhi LG V.K. Saxena. Judicial Magistrate First Class Raghav Sharma of the Saket Courts said that Patkar's application appeared to be a "deliberate attempt to delay the trial rather than a genuine necessity". "The present case has been pending for 24 years, and the complainant (Medha Patkar) has already examined all the witnesses initially listed at the time of filing the complaint.

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