Jay Shah files defamation case against news website
AHMEDABAD/NEWDELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s son Jay on Monday filed a criminal defamation case in a metropolitan court in Ahmed a bad against news portal The Wire over a report claiming his firm’s turnover grew exponentially after the party came to power in 2014. Additional chief metropolitan magistrate SK Gadhvi ordered a court inquiry into the matter under CrPC section 302.
In his petition, Jay Shah prayed for “criminal action against the respondents for defaming and tarnishing the reputation of the complainant through an article, which is scandalous, frivolous, misleading, derogatory, lib el lou sand consisting of several defamatory statements ”. The case has been filed under IPC sections 500 (defamation), 109 (abetment), 39 (voluntarily cause grievous hurt) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy). The Wire, in its reports aida company owned by Jay Shah saw a huge rise in its turnover after BJP came to power in 2014.
Jay Shah rejected the charge, insisting the story was “false, derogatory and defamatory ”. The next hearing for a court inquiry will be on October 11.
Union minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said there is no impropriety in additional solicitor general Tush ar Me ht a appearing on behalf of Jay Shah in a defamation case, as he is permitted to do so after taking necessary sanction from the law ministry. The minister said the allegations of impropriety were unfounded as Mehta had sought permission from the ministry before taking on the case.
Meanwhile, the Congress demanded setting up of an inquiry commission of two sitting judges of the Supreme Court to look into the alleged irregularities in companies owned by Jay Shah. “We are not levelling any allegations (of criminality) in this. But it should be made public which commodities were exported/ imported by Jay Shah’ s firm Temple Enterprises and to which countries so that they earned ₹51 crore from foreign countries and their turnover swelled by 16,000 times ,” Congress leader An and S harm a said.
The Congress on Monday also held press conferences in 12 states on the issue while the remaining states will be covered in the next few days.
A am A ad mi Party( A AP) legislators protested in Delhi assembly, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House twice .“AC BI probe should be initiated,” AAP legislator Somnath Bharti said.