Lawyer Jai Dehadrai Withdraws Defamation Case Against Mahua Moitra in Delhi HC - 2024-04-25

Lawyer JaiDehadraiWithdraws Defamation Case Against Mahua Moitra in Delhi HC

Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai on Thursday withdrew his defamation suit filed against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra before the Delhi high court.

Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai withdrew his defamation lawsuit as a “peace offering”.

Key Points

• Lawyer Jai Dehadrai withdrew a defamation case against TMC's former MP Mahua Moitra in the Delhi High Court on Thursday.
• The defamation case was filed by Dehadrai , seeking directions to restrain Moitra 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.
• However, the high court had rejected the TMC leader’s plea for interim injunction.
• Justice Jalan had also cautioned Moitra that she cannot make palpably false statements against Dehadrai or call him a ‘lunatic’.
• During the hearing, the counsel appearing for Dehadrai said that he is ready to withdraw the suit “if Moitra makes a statement that she will not make statements against him which are palpably false."
• 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 observed.
• 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.

Keywords

• Defamation
• Mahua Moitra
• Delhi High Court
• Jai Dehadrai
• TMC
• Personal allegations
• Public domain
• Statutory authorities
• Peace offering

Category

• Legal

Sub-Category

• Defamation

Subject

• Withdrawal of defamation case

Entities

• Lawyer Jai Dehadrai
• Mahua Moitra
• Delhi High Court
• TMC