The MJ Akbar-Priya Ramani defamation case, that has been going on for almost a year now, will see final arguments from both the parties early next year, with the examination-in-chief and cross-examination of all witnesses now complete.
The final arguments will span three dates: 16, 24 and 25 January.
Senior journalist Priya Ramani is fighting a criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister MJ Akbar before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vishal Pahuja in the Rouse Avenue trial court.
MJ Akbar was accused by several women of sexual harassment, assault, and even rape (by one woman), in the wake of the #MeToo movement in October 2018.
He, in turn, filed a defamation case against Priya Ramani, who had revealed in a tweet at the time that the beginning of an article she’d written the previous year was her #MeToo story about Akbar.