MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani: Senior Adv Rebecca John begins her final arguments before ACMM at Rouse Avenure court in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani

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John: It& #39;s been a while since this case was last taken up for hearing

She recaps the case against Ramani with the claims and supporting documents

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John explains her structure of her argumentation to the judge. She will first give a brief recap of the case, refer to the statements recorded durung the pre-summoning stage, and will then argue on the exceptions provided under sect 499 of IPC

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John: This is a complaint filed by Akbar against Ramani on 15/10/18 wherein he is saying that Ramani damaged his reputation by publishing and circulating an article calling him a sexual predator without naming him

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John further reads out the other parts of the complaint where the sanctity of Ramani& #39;s article is challenged, and she is being accused of maligning the reputation of Akbar.

& #39;They have essentially relied upon the Vogue article of Ramani and her subsequent tweets& #39;, John submits
John: Ramani is accused of pursuing an agenda while maligning the reputation of Akbar, causing him irreparable loss and distress.

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John requests the judge to look at the exhibits quoted by the complainant himself - Vogue article fated 12/10/17.

& #39;I will be breaking down this article& #39;, John begins to read the article

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John: The only thing that I would like to highlight at this point is that the article deals with both Akbar and other male bosses

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John now reads the impugned tweets of Ramani

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& #39;So many female journalists have named Akbar in their #MeToo https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> revelations, how many stories you need to hear now& #39;, Ramani had stated in her tweet

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John reads the article penned by @BDUTT for the @washingtonpost on MJ Akbar and the MeToo movement

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John submits that the court shall take it as an admission that Ramani wrote the Vogue article

& #39;But the whole article doesn& #39;t refer to Akbar& #39;, John submits

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John admits that Ramani wrote and published the impugned tweets

& #39;There& #39;s no contestation about the authorship of these tweets, Ramani has written them and owned up to them& #39;, John argues

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John argues that Ramani& #39;s instance with Akbar refers to the period when she had come back from the US and sought a job at the Asian Age

& #39;Prior to going to the Oberoi for my interview, Ramani had a chat with Nilofar Venkatraman& #39;, John argues

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John argues that Ramani wrote the Vogue article in the context of #MeToo https://abs.twimg.com/hashflags... draggable="false" alt=""> movement and the Harvey Weinstein revelations that were taking over America

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John argues that it is Ramani& #39;s case that she had a chat with Ghazala Wahab who had asked her, & #39;when will the revelations against Akbar will see the light of day.& #39;

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John: testimony of Nilofar Venkatraman was used for the purpose of corroborating the statements made by Ramani

& #39;Before Ramani& #39;s tweet, Ghazala Wahab wrote an article for @thewire_in detailing her experience with Akbar& #39;, John submits

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