HC seeks AAP’s reply on Binny’s defamation plea
19 Oct 2014 4:27 AM IST
The Delhi High Court on Friday sought responses of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and four of its members, including Alka Lamba, on a defamation plea against them by former member Vinod Kumar Binny.
Justice Manmohan Singh issued notice to AAP, Lamba, and three other party members — Manoj Kumar, Raju Dhinghan and Bandana Kumari, on Binny’s civil defamation suit seeking damages against them for maligning his reputation by their ‘false defamatory remarks and illegal protests’.
The court listed the matter for further hearing 28 on October. Binny has sought from AAP punitive damages of one rupee, Rs 50 lakh from Lamba and Rs 50 lakh in total from the other three party members, to be deposited in a blind school.
‘The reputation of the plaintiff has been severely destroyed by the defendants through the medium of national television channels, print media and also social media with the sole objective of furthering their political ambitions, settling personal scores by resorting to vendetta politics,’ Binny’s plea has alleged.
According to the petition, Lamba had alleged in her complaint that Binny had falsely alleged on social media that she was running a sex racket at her house.
Justice Manmohan Singh issued notice to AAP, Lamba, and three other party members — Manoj Kumar, Raju Dhinghan and Bandana Kumari, on Binny’s civil defamation suit seeking damages against them for maligning his reputation by their ‘false defamatory remarks and illegal protests’.
The court listed the matter for further hearing 28 on October. Binny has sought from AAP punitive damages of one rupee, Rs 50 lakh from Lamba and Rs 50 lakh in total from the other three party members, to be deposited in a blind school.
‘The reputation of the plaintiff has been severely destroyed by the defendants through the medium of national television channels, print media and also social media with the sole objective of furthering their political ambitions, settling personal scores by resorting to vendetta politics,’ Binny’s plea has alleged.
According to the petition, Lamba had alleged in her complaint that Binny had falsely alleged on social media that she was running a sex racket at her house.
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