The Delhi High Court on April 8 said Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra cannot be barred from defending herself against allegations made by an estranged friend in public domain as long as her statements are not objectively false.
The court made the oral observation while hearing lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai’s plea seeking an interim order to bar the expelled Lok Sabha MP from making “defamatory” statements against him.
Mr. Dehadrai has filed a lawsuit against Ms. Moitra seeking damages of ₹2 crore for making allegedly defamatory statements against him in the backdrop of the cash-for-query row. Ms. Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha over cash-for-query allegations on December 8 last year.
