India, April 17 -- New Delhi

The Delhi high court on Wednesday directed a city court to defer the proceedings in a defamation case filed by Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar against Delhi lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena.

The defamation case, filed in 2000, stemmed from an advertisement published by Saxena in a newspaper against her and the NBA.

A bench of justice Shailender Kaur directed the trial court to list the defamation case after May 20, when the high court is to next hear the matter. The trial court was to hear Patkar's plea to examine a new witness in the case later this month. "In view of the above, the trial court is directed to give a date beyond the date given by this court (May 20). The application is ...