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A tribunal successful New Delhi connected Thursday (January 29, 2026) acquitted Delhi Lieutenant-Governor V.K. Saxena successful a 25-year-old defamation lawsuit filed by activistic Medha Patkar, stating that the complainant failed to beryllium her charges against him.
The bid was pronounced by Judicial Magistrate First Class Raghav Sharma. In March 2025, the tribunal had dismissed Patkar's exertion to analyse further witnesses successful the case, terming it a "deliberate effort to hold the trial, alternatively than a genuine necessity".
Ms. Patkar and Mr. Saxena had been locked successful a ineligible tussle since 2000 aft she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the 'Narmada Bachao Andolan'.
Mr. Saxena, who past headed an Ahmedabad-based NGO named 'Council for Civil Liberties', had besides filed 2 cases against Ms. Patkar successful 2001 for making derogatory remarks against him connected a TV transmission and issuing a defamatory property statement.
