Navjot Singh Sidhu slapped with Rs 1000 defamation case by Zee News over defamatory and false allegations
Navjot Singh Sidhu slapped with Rs 1000 defamation case by Zee News over defamatory and false allegations
Congress leader and Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu have been slapped with Rs 1000 crore Defamation suit by Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL) for making defamatory remark on Zee News and its editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary of doctoring a video.
According to DNA, he has been asked to apologise within 24 hours of receiving it.
Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary wrote on Twitter: Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary wrote on Twitter. “@ZeeNews issues ₹1000 crore defamation notice to Navjot Sidhu for his defamatory and false allegations against Zee Media. If he doesn’t apologise, we shall use all legal recourses to take this case to its logical conclusion.”
As per The Quint, the cricketer-turned-politician in a press conference that he would file a defamation case against a television channel for allegedly airing a fake video which claimed that pro-Pakistan slogans had been raised at his rally in Rajasthan's Alwar. However, he did not mention the name of the channel.
"I am going to file a defamation case after consulting with my lawyer. I cannot compromise with the name I have earned," he had told reporters at the Congress office.
Zee News had brought to light a video that shows ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans were raised at an election rally addressed by senior party leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, reported DNA.
The notice asks Sidhu to fulfil the following requisitions within 24 hours of receiving the notice:
a) tender an unconditional public apology undertaking not to repeat such a defamatory act against our Client
b) restrain yourself, from making and spreading, directly or indirectly, any further defamatory statement against our Client.
c) restrain yourself from issuing threats to our clients and spreading or promoting directly or indirectly, any enmity, hatred, ill-will against our Client.