Adani case: Court sets aside order against journalists
New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- 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.
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, Ayaskant 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 p...
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