Court restrains media house from tarnishing Sahara, Subrata Roy's image

A Lucknow court has restrained Indian Express Pvt Ltd IEPL its CEO publishers and editors of the Indian Express and Jansatta newspapers as well as a reporter from publishing defamatory news items against the Sahara Group and its chief Subrata RoyThe court clarified in its order that the restraint order would also be applicable to employees agents servants associates or any other person associated with IEPLA Lucknow court has restrained Indian Express Pvt Ltd IEPL its CEO publishers and editors of the Indian Express and Jansatta newspapers as well as a reporter from publishing defamatory news items against the Sahara Group and its chief SubrataRoyPhoto IANS File pictwittercomL9c6k1lFtBmdash IANS Tweets ians_india September 17 2020Passing the order the Civil Judge Sr Division Malihabad Lucknow further said that the order would also apply on all newspapers as well as all electronic commercial and other web portals of IEPLThe court has also issued notice to the aforesaid respondents seeking their reply on the civil suit on September 20The order came on the civil suit filed by Sahara India and others against IEPL and other respondents In the suit Sahara India submitted that Subrata Roy Sahara is a lawabiding person and established Sahara India in 1978 Sahara has several group companies in which lakhs of persons are employed directly or indirectlyIt was further stated that Indian Express and Jansatta Newspapers owned by IEPL published several defamatory and incorrect news items in the first and second week of September 2020The news items were baseless concocted and based on unverified facts They adversely affected the image of Sahara India and its chief Subrata Roy damaging their image goodwill and business the suit saidIt was further stated in the suit that the news items have attacked the personal life of Subrata Roy and this is against the journalistic norms set by the Press Council of IndiaAfter hearing the matter the court prima facie expressed that IEPL and other respondents published baseless and defamatory news items against Sahara India and its founder The court also found that the news items did not fall into any exceptions to the defamation principleIn its order the court said After perusal of the plaint and the affidavit filed along with it it is clear that IEPL and other respondents have been publishing defamatory news items against Sahara group of companies affecting its image and businessHence the respondents are restrained by temporary injunction till the next date of listingSahara has also filed two criminal complaints against IEPL and others for publishing false and defamatory news items against Sahara and its chiefKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever