Delhi Police arrest Medha Patkar in defamation case filed by L-G Saxena 24 years ago
The Hindu
Delhi Police arrests activist Medha Patkar for defying court orders, set to appear before Saket Court on April 25.
The Delhi Police arrested activist Medha Patkar on Friday (April 25, 2025), following a non-bailable warrant issued against her by the Saket Court in the national capital on April 23, 2025.
The social activist is set to be produced before the Saket Court on Friday (April 25, 2025).
“Issue NBWs against convict Medha Patkar, through the office of the Commissioner of Police, for the next date,” Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Vishal Singh said on Wednesday (April 23, 2025).
The court has listed the matter for report on NBW and for further proceedings on May 3, 2025. Advocate Gajinder Kumar and Kiran Jai appeared for V.K. Saxena. In July 2024, Ms. Patkar was convicted in a defamation case filed in 2000 by the then Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena. Ms. Patkar was sentenced and released on probation and was directed to deposit the compensation amount and to furnish a probation bond.
On Friday (April 25, 2025), she was arrested for not furnishing probation bonds in the defamation case moved against her by Mr. Saxena. While dealing with the matter, the court noted, “Instead of appearing before the court and to comply with the order on sentence of April 8, 2025, the convict is absent and deliberately failed to comply with the order on sentence and to avail the benefit of probation subject to furnishing of compensation amount.”
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The court took seriously the non-appearance of Medha Patkar and termed it deliberate. “The intention of convicting Medha Patkar is apparent, that she is deliberately violating the court order, she is avoiding appearing before the court and also avoiding accepting the terms of the sentence passed against her. There is no order of suspension of sentence passed by this court on April 8, 2025,” Mr. Singh said.
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