BJP leader and former Congress National Media Coordinator Radhika Khera has sent a legal notice to Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) President Deepak Baij, accusing his party of spreading defamatory rumors aimed at tarnishing her reputation.
It claimed that public information indicates that a juror who served during the trial was born in 1970, despite court officials listing the person's birth year as 1945.
If nothing changes, Heard will close out the last day of witness testimony in the six-week-long trial that started on April 11.
The suit is a result of various baseless, scurrilous, and manifestly false statements and allegations made against Rama Rao by Revanth Reddy seeking to falsely link the minister with the ongoing investigation being conducted by ED, said a statement from the minister's office
A bench headed by chief justice N.V. Ramana and comprising justices Surya Kant and Justice Aniruddha Bose issued notice on the plea filed by Purie challenging the Delhi High Court order refusing to quash the defamation case against him, and also issued an interim order of stay. "Notice and interim stay", said the bench.
The court has fixed December 18 as the next date of hearing and asked the leaders to appear before it on the aforesaid date.
In her statement E Jean Caroll said, 'I am filing this on behalf of every woman who has ever been harassed, assaulted, silenced, or spoken up only to be shamed, fired, ridiculed and belittled. No person in this country should be above the law – including the president.'
The AAP leaders have to furnish a bail bond of Rs 10,000 each. The court posted the matter for further hearing on July 25.
Third FIR was lodged on Wednesday against these leaders and 17 directors of Anmol India for cheating.
The investigation in the case has been handed over to the Crime Branch's Surveillance Cell.
