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Medha Patkar gets five-month jail in defamation case

Medha Patkar gets five-month jail in defamation case


Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 1

A court on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months of simple imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case lodged by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena when he headed an NGO in Gujarat. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Patkar. She has been given one month to file an appeal against the order.

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