August 26, 2018:
Suit is against an article titled 'Anil Ambani floated Reliance Defence 10 days before Modi announced Rafale deal.
Anil Ambani's Reliance Group companies have filed a Rs 5,000 Crore Defamation suit against Congress-owned 'National Herald', claiming an Article published in newspaper regarding Rafale Fighter Deal was "libellous and derogatory".
Civil Defamation suit was filed by Reliance Defence, Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Aerostructure, which belong to Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group, against Associated Journals Limited, publisher of National Herald, its Editor in-Charge Zafar Agha, and Author of the article, Vishwadeepak.
On Saturday, suit was filed in Mumbai Court of City Civil and Sessions Judge P J Tamakuwala, who issued notices to respondents and sought replies by September 7.
In the suit, Companies alleged Article titled 'Anil Ambani floated Reliance Defence 10 days before Modi announced Rafale deal' was libellous and defamatory, and it "misleads the general public to believe that undue business favours are being extended to them by the government of the day".
Article conveys a "negative image" and "adversely affects the public perception" of Reliance Group and its Chairman Ambani.
It has caused "considerable damage" to the reputation and goodwill of plaintiff firms, it said, seeking damages of Rs 5,000 crore.
Source PTI
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