MJ Akbar's new book talks about deeply ingrained conviction of the white superiority
Books & Culture | February 02, 2022 12:41 ISTThe author also wrote on the British officers' expensive lifestyle and their exploitation.
The author also wrote on the British officers' expensive lifestyle and their exploitation.
Journalist Priya Ramani has been acquitted by Delhi Court in criminal defamation case on February 17. Former Union Minister MJ Akbar had filed criminal defamation against her after Ramani accused later of sexual harassment.
A Delhi Court on Wednesday acquitted Journalist Priya Ramani in a criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar for accusing him of sexual misconduct.
Journalist Priya Ramani on Saturday said she used the word "predator" to emphasise the difference in age, influence and power between herself and M.J. Akbar while recording her statement as a witness before a Delhi court in the defamation complaint filed against her by the former Union minister.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal's court is recording her statement.
Journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Friday that ex-Union minister M J Akbar had filed a "false and malicious case" against her to create a "chilling effect" among all women who spoke out about their experiences of sexual harassment at his hands.
The cross-examination of witnesses appearing in support of former Union minister M J Akbar in his criminal defamation case against scribe Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct in the #MeToo campaign, concluded before a Delhi court on Friday. Two witnesses -- Joyeeta Basu, a journalist, and Manzar Ali, Akbar's personal assistant -- appeared before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal for cross-examination on Friday.
Former Union Minister M J Akbar also claimed that he was not selective in filing a defamation suit against Priya Ramani and did not intend to target her. Priya Ramani was first in the list of more than a dozen women who made public allegations of sexual harassment against M J Akbar. The allegations were made at the height of #MeToo movement in India during 2018.
In the wake of MeToo campaign against sexual harassment, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi recently asked all political parties to constitute an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) to hear complaints of affected women in the workplace.
Akbar's counsel and senior advocate Geeta Luthra and lawyer Sandeep Kapur told the court that Ramani had damaged Akbar's reputation which he had built over the years through hard work.
The woman journalist said a relationship based on 'coercion and abuse of power' is not 'consensual'.
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The journalist, in a piece in Washington Post, shared her experience of allegedly being sexually, verbally and emotinally abused by Akbar.
Akbar, who had resigned from the Union Council of Ministers on October 17, has concluded the recording of his statement.
Editor-turned-politician, Akbar is seeking to prosecute Ramani under Section 500 (punishment for defamation) of the IPC.
Akbar's name had cropped up in the social media campaign #Metoo against alleged sexual harassment when he was in Nigeria.
The killed terrorist was identified as Showkat Ahmad Bhat who was a member of terror outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM).
MJ Akbar accused Ramani of “wilfully” and “maliciously” making imputations against him with the ulterior motive of maligning his reputation and political standing.
Akbar's resignation is perhaps the first resignation from the Modi cabinet due to the increasing pressure on social media in favour of the women journalists who levelled charges of sexual allegations against him.
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