{"id":58492,"date":"2020-01-13T13:11:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T07:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58492"},"modified":"2020-01-13T13:11:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T07:41:59","slug":"delhi-court-puts-tmc-mp-mahua-moitra-on-trial-in-defamation-case-filed-by-zee-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-court-puts-tmc-mp-mahua-moitra-on-trial-in-defamation-case-filed-by-zee-media","title":{"rendered":"Delhi court puts TMC MP Mahua Moitra on trial in defamation case filed by Zee Media."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TMC-MP-Mahua-Moitra.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/delhi-court-puts-tmc-mp-mahua-moitra-on-trial-in-defamation-case-filed-by-zee-media\/tmc-mp-mahua-moitra\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TMC-MP-Mahua-Moitra.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"297,170\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"TMC MP Mahua Moitra\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TMC-MP-Mahua-Moitra.jpg?fit=297%2C170&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58497\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TMC-MP-Mahua-Moitra.jpg?resize=297%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TMC-MP-Mahua-Moitra.jpg?w=297&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/TMC-MP-Mahua-Moitra.jpg?resize=150%2C86&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a>A Delhi court Friday put Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on trial for allegedly defaming Zee Media Corporation Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Chief Additional Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja framed the charges against the politician under section 499 and 500 (related to criminal defamation) of Indian Penal Code.<\/p>\n<p>The court accepted the arguments advanced by advocate Vijay Aggarwal, the counsel for Zee Media, that there was enough evidence against Moitra to put her on trial.<\/p>\n<p>The offence of defamation provides a simple imprisonment which may extent up to two years.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on December 17 granted bail to the politician on a personal bond of Rs 20,000, after she appeared before it in pursuance to the summons issued against her.<\/p>\n<p>The court had earlier asked the parties whether there was possibility of settlement between the parties.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion was, however, denied by Moitra who said they had a &#8220;substantive&#8221; case separately going on in another court.<\/p>\n<p>Zee News filed a defamation complaint against Moitra for allegedly making statements against the channel to the media.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged defamatory statements against the channel were made by the MP while she was speaking to reporters on allegations against her.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to that, Moitra had filed a criminal defamation complaint against Zee News and its editor-in-chief, Sudhir Chaudhary, in connection with a show aired by it on one of her speeches delivered in Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>The court had on November 4 summoned the accused in the case filed by the politician.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court Friday put Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on trial for allegedly defaming Zee Media Corporation Ltd. 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