Mahua Moitra drops media houses as parties in plea against defamatory content in Delhi HC
TMC MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday sought to delete as parties several media houses from her plea before the Delhi High Court against circulation of alleged fake and defamatory content against her. Counsel for Moitra, while stating that he was not pressing any interim relief in the matter at this stage, told Justice Sachin Datta that the lawsuit would only continue against two defendants — BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai.
Dubey has accused Moitra of taking bribe from a businessman to ask questions in Parliament and urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to constitute an inquiry committee to look into the charges against her.
Citing a letter he received from advocate Dehadrai, Dubey has said the lawyer shared «irrefutable» evidence of bribes allegedly being given to the TMC leader by a businessman.
In his letter to the Lok Sabha speaker, Dubey claimed that 50 of the 61 questions she asked in the Lok Sabha till recently were focused on the Adani Group, the business conglomerate which the TMC MP has often accused of malpractices, more so after it was at the receiving end of a critical report by short seller Hindenburg Research.
The court on Tuesday permitted the TMC MP to file an amended memo of parties in view of her wish to delete all defendants except Dubey and Dehadrai, and also bring appropriate changes in the pleadings in the matter.
Lawyer Abhimanyu Bhandari, appearing for Dubey, argued that Moitra has committed perjury as after denying all allegations against her, she has subsequently accepted sharing her login credentials with a businessman.
The court listed the case for hearing in December.
