The activist may get a jail term of two years or fine or both as the punishment
New Delhi:
A Delhi court on Friday convicted Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar in a defamation case lodged against her by V K Saxena, the incumbent lieutenant governor of the national capital.
Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma found Ms Patkar guilty of criminal defamation.
Under the relevant law, the activist may get a jail term of two years or fine or both as the punishment.
Ms Patkar and Mr Saxena have been locked in a legal battle since 2000 after she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).
Mr Saxena was then the chief of Ahmedabad-based NGO National Council for Civil Liberties.
Mr Saxena had also filed two cases against her for making derogatory remarks against him on a TV channel and issuing a defamatory press statement.
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