Updated Feb 18, 2021, 7:15 am IST
Reacting to the verdict, Ramani said it feels great to have truth validated before the court
Indian journalist Priya Ramani, left, smiles as she leaves Patiala House Court in New Delhi, India. A New Delhi court on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, acquitted Ramani of criminal defamation after she accused a former editor-turned-politician and junior external affairs minister of sexual harassment. M.J. Akbar, now 70, filed a case against Ramani in Oct. 2018, denying the allegations as false, baseless and wild. (AP)
New Delhi: There were tears, hugging and jubilation in and outside the court of additional chief metropolitan magistrate Ravindra Kumar Pandey on Wednesday afternoon when he threw out Rajya Sabha member M.J. Akbar’s criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani, saying the court believed her and that a man’s “the right to reputation cannot be at the cost of dignity” of women.