new Delhi. A Delhi court on Saturday closed a criminal defamation suit against Congress leader Jairam Ramesh after apologizing to Vivek Doval, son of National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval. Vivek Doval had filed a criminal defamation suit against Ramesh and Caravan magazine editor-in-chief Paresh Nath and reporter Kaushal Shroff for damaging his reputation.
Caravan’s article titled ‘The D Companies’ allegedly claimed that Vivek Doval ran a hedge fund whose promoters were suspicious.
In his apology, Ramesh has said that he should have examined the facts of the article before making allegations against him, his family and business in a press conference. His apology has been accepted by Vivek Doval.
Ramesh has said, “I held a press conference on 17 January 2019, in which you made some statements about you, your family and your business venture GNY Asia Fund. I understand that these statements hurt you deeply. I would like to clarify that these statements or allegations were based on the conclusion of an article that was published the previous day in Caravan magazine. As the case progressed I realized that perhaps some verification could have been done independently. ”
He added, “I want to apologize to you and your family. I would also urge the INC to remove that press conference.”
After this, additional metropolitan magistrate Sachin Gupta has closed the case against Ramesh, but the defamation proceedings against the magazine and journalist Kaushal Shroff will continue.
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