Former Union Minister MJ Akbar has moved the Delhi High Court in appeal against the acquittal of journalist Priya Ramani in his criminal defamation case. (MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani)..The appeal is listed for hearing before Justice Mukta Gupta tomorrow..The criminal defamation case was filed by Akbar after Ramani levelled sexual harassment allegations against him during the #MeToo movement of 2018..Ramani claimed that in December 1993, MJ Akbar sexually harassed her when she was called to The Oberoi, Mumbai for a job interview..Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey had acquitted Ramani after a trial of almost two years on the basis that the possibility that the alleged event was true could not be ruled out. .The Court also accepted Ramani's stand that Akbar was not a man of stellar reputation. .The Court had taken note of systemic abuse at the workplace and highlighted that the Vishaka Guidelines on sexual harassment at the workplace put forth by the Supreme Court in 1997 were not in effect at the time of the incident. .Right of reputation can't be protected at the cost of right to dignity, the Court had said.It was also stated that a woman had a right to put her grievance at any platform of her choice and even after decades..The appeal is filed through Karanjawala & Co..Woman cannot be punished for raising voice against sexual abuse: Ten takeaways from the order acquitting Priya Ramani
Former Union Minister MJ Akbar has moved the Delhi High Court in appeal against the acquittal of journalist Priya Ramani in his criminal defamation case. (MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani)..The appeal is listed for hearing before Justice Mukta Gupta tomorrow..The criminal defamation case was filed by Akbar after Ramani levelled sexual harassment allegations against him during the #MeToo movement of 2018..Ramani claimed that in December 1993, MJ Akbar sexually harassed her when she was called to The Oberoi, Mumbai for a job interview..Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey had acquitted Ramani after a trial of almost two years on the basis that the possibility that the alleged event was true could not be ruled out. .The Court also accepted Ramani's stand that Akbar was not a man of stellar reputation. .The Court had taken note of systemic abuse at the workplace and highlighted that the Vishaka Guidelines on sexual harassment at the workplace put forth by the Supreme Court in 1997 were not in effect at the time of the incident. .Right of reputation can't be protected at the cost of right to dignity, the Court had said.It was also stated that a woman had a right to put her grievance at any platform of her choice and even after decades..The appeal is filed through Karanjawala & Co..Woman cannot be punished for raising voice against sexual abuse: Ten takeaways from the order acquitting Priya Ramani