Medha Patkar V/s V.K. Saxena

Today PTI has carried a newsitem on the case between Medha Patkar and V K
Saxena saying :

"A Delhi court Tuesday paved the way for the trial of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar by framing charges againt her in a
defamation case filed by an NGO chief in 2001 following a news report on an
online portal."

It needs to be noted that only a notice has been issued to Ms. Medha
Patkar, which has already been challenged by her as a fake case of
defamation. This case is actually an offshoot of a defamation case filed by
Medha Patkar regarding a cheque of Rs. 40,000 which Mr Saxena had given to
a support organisationa of NBA in Maharashtra that bounced, coming from a
non-existing account. Mr. Saxena denies this, though the cheque was found
to be fake in further enquiry and a notice was served earlier in
August. She has also filed a case of defamation with regard to maliciously
defamatory advertisements by Mr. Saxena in Indian Express in November 2000
in which notice has been issued to him and later Indian Express did publish
an apology too.

It may be noted that Mr. Saxena had also filed a case in Supreme Court
accusing NBA and Medha Patkar of being anti national and the same was
dismissed calling it a "Private Interest Litigation" and the apex court
made him pay 5.,000 Rs as the cost of the case. He is also one of the
accused in the case filed by Medha Patkar for the physical attack on her
during a peace meeting in 2002 after Gujarat riots held in Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad too.

Mr. Saxena has been responsible for filing many such frivolous cases
against her and NBA for many years now and it is only causing harassment to
her and the movement.*For further details call : 9423965153*
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