Adani case: Court sets aside order against journalists

A Delhi court on Thursday set aside a judicial order that had barred several journalists and activists from publishing reports allegedly defaming the Adani group, holding that the restraint was passed without hearing the affected parties.

- Arnabjit Sur

The ruling came from district judge Ashish Aggarwal of Rohini court while hearing a challenge to the earlier order by journalists Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayas-kant Das and Ayush Joshi.

The judge noted that the civil judge, who had issued the sweeping injunction, ought to have granted a hearing to the defendants before effectively declaring their published articles defamatory. “The court of civil judge ought to have granted a hearing before passing the order which had the impact of prima facie declaring the articles defamatory,” the judge said.