BJP leader Shazia Ilmi fined by Delhi HC for 'supressing facts' in case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai

Delhi High Court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on BJP leader Shazia Ilmi for suppressing crucial facts in her defamation case against India Today journalist Rajdeep Sardesai.
The court found that Ilmi had willfully withheld two tweets that were part of the same conversation thread related to the incident in question, which led to the imposition of the penalty, reported Bar and Bench.
The Delhi High Court bench, led by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, while partly allowing an application moved by Ilmi for interim relief, directed her to pay the Rs 25,000 cost to the Delhi High Court Bar Clerks’ Association within three weeks.
The High Court emphasised that the suppression of these tweets, which were part of the ongoing discussion, was significant in determining the outcome of the case.

«Since the plaintiff had willfully suppressed two (2) tweets which formed part of the same conversation thread of which the impugned quote tweet was part of and therefore, the plaintiff is saddled with the cost of Rs. 25,000/- payable to Delhi High Court Bar Clerks’ Association, through the secretary within a period of three (3) weeks,» the court stated in its ruling.

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Further, the court reaffirmed its earlier order directing the removal of an 18-second video clip, which showed an altercation between Ilmi and a video journalist.
The High Court observed that the video, which continued after Ilmi had left the debate show, violated her right to privacy and should not remain online.

«The contention of the plaintiff that recording and publishing the impugned video (vis-à-vis 18 seconds after she withdrew from the live debate and moved out of the shooting frame) violates her right to privacy is duly made out in the