MJ Akbar

On 21 May, in State vs Tarun Tejpal, Goa additional sessions court judge Kshama M. Joshi upheld only one charge, that of Tarun Tejpal being in a position of control and dominance in relation to his rape accuser when he was editor-in-chief of Tehelka magazine.

The Delhi High Court will on May 5 hear the appeal filed by former External Affairs Minister M J Akbar against the trial court order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani in a defamation case filed by the politician for tarnishing his image in the wake of MeToo movement.

The verdict in the defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani by former minister MJ Akbar has resulted in one of the more enlightened judgments in recent times. It is a huge shot in the arm against the virus of male sexual harassment.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey said a victim of sexual abuse may keep believing that she is at fault and may live with that shame for years or for decades.

In the wake of MeToo, Priya Ramani took to Twitter to allege that Akbar sexually harassed her when she was called to Mumbai's Oberoi Hotel for a job interview in 1993

MJ Akbar had sued Priya Ramani who accused him of sexual misconduct during an interview in an article.

In a surprising development, a Delhi High court on Tuesday transferred a criminal defamation case filed by former State for External Affairs MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani to the court of the principal district and sessions judge after hearing it for two years.

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