The Delhi High Court has observed “existing level” on Wednesday refused to pass an interim order against Gambhir for making “false, defamatory and defamatory” statements. Gambhir has also demanded Rs 2 crore as damages, which will be donated to charitable organisations. The High Court, however, said that prima facie it agreed with the need to consider the matter and that summons should be issued to the respondents – a Hindi daily, its editor-in-chief and three journalists.

Cricketer-turned-politician Gambhir claimed in his suit that the defendants published “false and malicious” reports against him. Along with this, he sought a direction from the court to tender an unconditional apology, which should be published in all the newspapers along with being published by the media house.

)Public person should be ‘thick skinned’ – High Court ) Justice Chandra Dhari Singh issued notice and summons to the media house and four others on the main suit. The court listed the matter for next hearing in October. The judge said, “You are a public servant, you do not need to be so sensitive. Any public figure should be ‘thick skinned’. Nowadays judges should also be thick skinned. Gambhir appealed to the court Gambhir requested the court to immediately withdraw the alleged defamatory publications by the newspaper as an interim relief and restrain it from making similar allegations during the pendency of the trial. Gambhir’s lawyer Jai Ananth alleged that vile statements were made against his client and it appeared that the media house was on some kind of ‘mission’. Gambhir’s lawyer said that last year 44 A legal notice was sent to the newspaper on November, asking it to stop any defamatory publication against the BJP MP, but no response has been received till date.

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Wed, May 17, 2023, 7: 44 PM IST