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The Delhi High Court connected Monday (March 16, 2026) listed erstwhile Union Minister M.J. Akbar’s plea challenging the acquittal of writer Priya Ramani successful his transgression defamation lawsuit implicit the allegations of intersexual misconduct for last proceeding connected September 24.
“Trial tribunal grounds has been received. Written submissions person been filed by some the parties. List for last proceeding connected the adjacent date,” Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said.
Mr. Akbar has challenged the proceedings court’s February 17, 2021 bid acquitting Ms. Priya Ramani successful the lawsuit connected grounds that a pistillate has the close to enactment grievances earlier immoderate level of her prime adjacent aft decades.
The High Court connected January 13, 2022, agreed to analyse Mr. Akbar’s entreaty against the proceedings court’s bid and admitted it, connected which the announcement was issued to Ms. Priya Ramani successful August 2021.
In his appeal, Mr. Akbar has contended that the proceedings tribunal decided his transgression defamation lawsuit connected the ground of surmises and conjecture.
His plea contended that the proceedings tribunal failed to admit the arguments and grounds connected record.
Mr. Akbar has besides claimed the proceedings tribunal “gravely erred” successful observing that helium did not person a stellar estimation and has ignored the well-established principles of transgression jurisprudence.
The proceedings tribunal had dismissed the defamation ailment filed by Mr. Akbar and acquitted Ms. Priya Ramani, saying nary charges were proved against her.
The proceedings tribunal had said it was shameful that crimes against women were taking spot successful a state wherever mega epics similar the ‘Mahabharata’ and ‘Ramayana’ were written astir respecting them.
Ms. Priya Ramani made allegations of intersexual misconduct against Mr. Akbar successful the aftermath of the “#MeToo” question successful 2018.
Mr. Akbar filed the ailment against Ms. Priya Ramani connected October 15, 2018 for allegedly defaming him by accusing him of intersexual misconduct decades ago.
He resigned arsenic a Union Minister connected October 17, 2018.
