Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai withdraws defamation suit against Mahua Moitra on condition: 'If she makes statement that...'

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he is ready to withdraw the suit "if Moitra makes a statement that she will not make a statement against him which are palpably false", Bar and Bench Reported. Dehadrai alleged that the former MP from West Bengal made defamatory comments against him and said in interviews to the media that he is “jobless" and “jilted". Reacting to this, advocate Samudra Sarangi, who appeared for Moitra, said that "he will obtain instructions on the same".

Meanwhile, Justice Jalan said the suggestion by Dehadrai is "positive that if the two sides come to an understanding about not making personal allegations against each other..." "If it is possible to take this dispute out of the public domain and play it before the statutory authorities or privately then that seems...," the court was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying. Dehadrai's lawyer then said that he was withdrawing the suit unconditionally. "I would then like to withdraw this suit.

I would like to withdraw unconditionally," he said. The court allowed the request. Dehadrai had filed a defamation suit against Moitra, seeking directions to restrain her from making any defamatory allegations against him.

The ₹2-crore defamation suit also sought orders against a few media organisations to take down the defamatory content against him and not to publish such content against him, Bar and Bench reported. Similar directions were also sought against X (formerly known as Twitter) and Google. Dehadrai had alleged that Moitra accepted bribes from businessman Darshan Hiranandani for asking questions in Parliament.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey had filed the complaint before the Lok Sabha Speaker earlier. Moitra then sued Dehadrai and Dubey for defamation. However, the high court