An Indian court has ruled in favor of a female journalist who was sued for defamation after accusing a former minister of sexual harassment, in one of the country s earliest and most prominent #MeToo cases.
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: Friday, February 19, 2021, 2:30 AM IST
By opining there s no time limit for women to expose sexual predators, the court has unwittingly upheld #MeToo, says Olav Albuquerque
Journalist Priya Ramani with her lawyer Rebecca John on February 17 in New Delhi
Ironicallly, the M J Akbar defamation case has destroyed his reputation, with a Delhi magistrateâs court conceding Priya Ramaniâs defence that the former minister did not have a âsterling reputationâ after 16 women had accused him of misbehaving with them. A woman has the right to put out her story (about sexual harassment) in public even after decades, the court opined, unwittingly upholding the âMe Tooâ movement which began in 2006 and reached India in 2018.
An Indian court has ruled in favor of a female journalist who was sued for defamation after accusing a former minister of sexual harassment, in one of the country's earliest and most prominent #MeToo cases.