SC upholds Medha Patkar's conviction in defamation case by Delhi LG Saxena
Supreme Court
on Monday confirmed that activist
Medha Patkar
is guilty in a 25-year-old
defamation case
filed by
Delhi LG
V K Saxena.
The ruling, made by a bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, stated that it was not inclined to interfere with the Delhi high court order on the matter that released Patkar on "probation of good conduct" but required her to appear before the trial court once every three years.
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It added, "However, taking into consideration the submission of the counsel for the petitioner the
penalty
imposed stands set aside and we further clarify that the supervision order will not be given effect."
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On July 29, Delhi HC upheld the conviction and punishment awarded to 70-year-old Patkar.
The defamation case was filed by
LG Saxena
25 years ago when he was heading an NGO in Gujarat.
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