MJ Akbar vs Priya Ramani: The Legal Fight Over #MeToo

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  • Published On: October 18, 2018
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On Left, Right and Centre, MJ Akbar's defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani. Today was Day One, where the court rejected Akbar's attempt to take his written statement and ordered him to appear in person instead. As the Editors' Guild urges Mr Akbar to take back his lawsuit, is criminal defamation nothing but a tool of intimidation and harassment?

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