MJ Akbar-Priya Ramani Case Not Transferred Out of Special Court

If the case was transferred, the final arguments would have had to be made all over again.

The criminal defamation case filed by former Union minister MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani will continue before the Rouse Avenue Court, the district and sessions court confirmed on Thursday, 22 October. The next hearing of the case, at its original court, is on 2 November.

Citing the Supreme Court’s directions, Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Vishal Pahuja, had, on Tuesday, 13 October, said that only matters filed against MPs and MLAs can be listed before the Rouse Avenue Court, where the defamation case brought on by MJ Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani was being heard so far. The matter had then gone to District and Sessions Court Judge Sujata Kohli for appropriate orders.