Delhi court summons 3 Congress netas in defamation case

NEW DELHI: A Delhi tribunal connected Tuesday summoned Congress’s Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Ragini Nayak successful a transgression defamation lawsuit filed by India TV president and editor-in-chief Rajat Sharma.Magistrate Devanshi Janmeja of Saket tribunal noted determination were “sufficient grounds” to summon the 3 connected July 27. The summons nonstop the 3 to respond to charges nether IPC sections 465 (forgery), 471 (using forged papers oregon physics record), and 499 and 500 (criminal defamation).The ailment stems from allegations by Nayak successful June 2024 that Sharma utilized “derogatory language” against her during a unrecorded TV debate. Sharma said the accusations were based connected a tampered video containing captions not portion of the archetypal broadcast. Sharma said the video was circulated connected X by Nayak and amplified by Khera and Ramesh, causing “reputational harm”.