"Headline is squarely deliberate and mischievous", Republic TV sends legal notice to Indian Express for story on Arnab Goswami

Republic TV has served a legal notice upon Indian Express for its story titled 'Arnab Goswami paid me $12,000 and Rs 40 lakh to fix ratings: Partho Dasgupta'..In its notice served to Indian Express, Republic TV has claimed that the story is a part of a mala fide, vicious and vexatious campaign to tarnish the reputation of its Editor-in-Chief, Arnab Goswami. "Despite the pendency of the matter before a court of law, which is well known to you, the above news report has attributed guilt to our client in relation to the alleged TRP scam. The news report has sought to impute guilt on our client without paying any heed to the true facts and to the indeterminacy of the issues and pending court action by our client before the Hon'ble Bombay High Court", reads the notice. .Arnab Goswami is the main culprit in TRP Scam according to Mumbai Police: Partho Dasgupta to Bombay High Court during bail hearing.Republic further claims that the headline of the report was squarely deliberate and mischievous. ."The news report is a vile, hateful, malicious attempt by you and part of a severely prejudicial campaign engineered and implemented by the India Express against our clients and aimed at attempting to irreparably destroy their reputation as well as the reputation of the Republic Media network.".Republic TV has thus called upon Indian Express to cease and desist from publishing such news, an unconditional apology and a proposal on monetary compensation for the news report. .The notice sent through Phoenix Legal further mentions that if the Indian Express does not take steps in accordance with the notice within 24 hours, then Republic TV will take legal steps including criminal action..[Read legal notice]