{"id":31750,"date":"2014-01-15T13:19:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T07:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=31750"},"modified":"2014-01-15T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T07:49:41","slug":"swatanter-kumar-files-defamation-case-media-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/swatanter-kumar-files-defamation-case-media-intern","title":{"rendered":"Swatanter Kumar files defamation case against media, intern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/justice-swatanter-kumar-quit-green-panel-chief\/bb-27\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31737\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31737\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/justice-swatanter-kumar-quit-green-panel-chief\/bb-27\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb9.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"284,177\" 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=\"bb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb9.jpg?fit=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb9.jpg?fit=284%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31737 alignright\" alt=\"bb\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/bb9-150x93.jpg?resize=150%2C93&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"150\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb9.jpg?resize=150%2C93&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2014\/01\/bb9.jpg?w=284&amp;ssl=1 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Former Supreme Court judge and National Green Tribunal chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for a defamation case against media organisations and an intern who accused him of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Mentioning the matter before Justice G.S. Sistani, the bunch of lawyers appearing for Justice Kumar also sought an order restraining media from reporting the case, except &#8220;fair reporting of court orders&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Sistani marked the matter to another judge, which would come up for hearing on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The NGT chairman sought damages of Rs.5 crore from media organisations and the intern.<\/p>\n<p>On Jan 11, Justice Kumar sent legal notice and warned that he would initiate both criminal and civil defamation suits if the three media organisations failed to apologise within the deadline.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"new_selection_block0.27711741225917286\">(Source: IANS)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Supreme Court judge and National Green Tribunal chairman Justice Swatanter Kumar on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court for a defamation case against media organisations and an intern who accused him of sexual harassment. 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