NEW DELHI: A veteran journalist and a media space have settled a defamation case related to the publishing of the controversial tapped conversations of former lobbyist Niira Radia with politicians, corporates and scribes in reference to 2G spectrum case.
The agreement was once arrived at throughout mediation after a trial court docket prompt to each the parties to unravel the dispute and the media outlet has printed an apology, the journalist's suggest Nitya Ramakrishnan stated.
Ramakrishnan, representing journalist Vir Sanghvi, stated that a joint application can be moved through each the perimeters ahead of a trial court docket soon for settling the dispute.
Sanghvi, whose alleged dialog with Radia was once printed through information magazine Outlook, had stated in his grievance that he was once defamed through the e-newsletter.
The magazine had printed the story on November 29, 2010 purportedly extracting sure tapped conversations allegedly between him and others.
Sanghvi had filed the case against the media space claiming that the extracted dialog was once no longer proper and the alleged tape recordings, trusted through it and also made available on its web site, were doctored and tampered with.
He had contended that the imputations made within the tale were false and defamatory.
The counsel for the media space had previous contended ahead of the prime court docket that as consistent with regulation, truth was once a defence to an allegation of defamation.
To identify that the published dialog was once proper transcript of what was once contained within the tapes, it could be necessary for the media space to summon and end up ahead of the trial court docket the originals of the tape recordings, the counsel had stated.
The factor of Radia tapes had also reached the Supreme court docket and two petitions were filed ahead of it.
The conversations were recorded as a part of surveillance of Radia's phone on a grievance to the then finance minister on November 16, 2007 alleging that inside of a span of nine years, she had constructed up a trade empire value Rs 300 crore.
One of the petitions was once filed through former Tata Sons Ltd chairman Ratan Tata claiming that some of these conversations, being non-public in nature, should no longer be allowed to be made public.
The other petition, filed through NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), had sought that these transcripts be made public in larger public passion.
The agreement was once arrived at throughout mediation after a trial court docket prompt to each the parties to unravel the dispute and the media outlet has printed an apology, the journalist's suggest Nitya Ramakrishnan stated.
Ramakrishnan, representing journalist Vir Sanghvi, stated that a joint application can be moved through each the perimeters ahead of a trial court docket soon for settling the dispute.
Sanghvi, whose alleged dialog with Radia was once printed through information magazine Outlook, had stated in his grievance that he was once defamed through the e-newsletter.
The magazine had printed the story on November 29, 2010 purportedly extracting sure tapped conversations allegedly between him and others.
Sanghvi had filed the case against the media space claiming that the extracted dialog was once no longer proper and the alleged tape recordings, trusted through it and also made available on its web site, were doctored and tampered with.
He had contended that the imputations made within the tale were false and defamatory.
The counsel for the media space had previous contended ahead of the prime court docket that as consistent with regulation, truth was once a defence to an allegation of defamation.
To identify that the published dialog was once proper transcript of what was once contained within the tapes, it could be necessary for the media space to summon and end up ahead of the trial court docket the originals of the tape recordings, the counsel had stated.
The factor of Radia tapes had also reached the Supreme court docket and two petitions were filed ahead of it.
The conversations were recorded as a part of surveillance of Radia's phone on a grievance to the then finance minister on November 16, 2007 alleging that inside of a span of nine years, she had constructed up a trade empire value Rs 300 crore.
One of the petitions was once filed through former Tata Sons Ltd chairman Ratan Tata claiming that some of these conversations, being non-public in nature, should no longer be allowed to be made public.
The other petition, filed through NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), had sought that these transcripts be made public in larger public passion.
Radia tapes: Scribe, media house settle defamation case
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