{"id":31040,"date":"2013-12-11T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T06:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31040"},"modified":"2013-12-11T11:54:26","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T06:24:26","slug":"former-reebok-india-md-summoned-defamation-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/former-reebok-india-md-summoned-defamation-case","title":{"rendered":"Former Reebok India MD summoned in defamation case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"story\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/former-reebok-india-md-summoned-defamation-case\/aa-5\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31041\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31041\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/former-reebok-india-md-summoned-defamation-case\/aa-5\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa.jpg?fit=256%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"256,197\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aa\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa.jpg?fit=256%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31041 alignright\" alt=\"aa\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/aa-150x115.jpg?resize=150%2C115&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa.jpg?resize=150%2C115&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/12\/aa.jpg?w=256&amp;ssl=1 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court has summoned a former managing director of Reebok India Company in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Germany-based Adidas AG.<\/p>\n<p>Considering &#8220;prima facie&#8221; that Subhinder Singh Prem, who headed Reebok India &#8212; a subsidiary of Adidas AG, had made defamatory remarks against Adidas AG, metropolitan magistrate Navita Kumari issued summons against him for March 27.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thus, from the testimony of CW-1 (complainant witness) and the material on record, prima facie a case under section 500 IPC (defamation) is disclosed against the accused (Prem) and accordingly he be summoned for the said offence,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The court was hearing a plea filed by Adidas AG seeking prosecution of Prem.<\/p>\n<p>It has alleged that Prem made various &#8220;malicious and defamatory&#8221; remarks against Adidas AG in the media to &#8220;wreak vengeance for the termination of services and with an intention to tarnish&#8221; the reputation of the company.<\/p>\n<p>Adidas AG said that such statements are neither truthful nor in public interest.<\/p>\n<p>Adidas AG &#8211; the parent company of Adidas Group &#8211; has about 170 subsidiaries worldwide, including RIC and Adidas India Marketing Pvt Ltd (AIMPL), said Adidas AG in its plea filed by its advocate Vijay Aggarwal.<\/p>\n<p>Prem joined RIC in April 1995 and was appointed as MD in 2003 but his services were terminated in March 2012 due to his alleged involvement in fraudulent activities.<\/p>\n<p>(Source: IANS)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court has summoned a former managing director of Reebok India Company in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Germany-based Adidas AG. 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