Tharoor moves HC to restrain Republic TV
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday filed an application before the Delhi High Court seeking to restrain Republic TV from making defamatory publications against him with regard to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar.
Tharoor has already filed a defamation suit against journalist Arnab Goswami and his news channel Republic TV and claimed Rs 2 crore damages from them against him.
On May 29, the High Court had said the TV news channel can air stories by stating the facts related to the investigation into the death of Pushkar, but cannot call the Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram a “criminal”.
The court said that they (Goswami and his channel) cannot use such lan- for defamatory remarks guage and had sought response from the journalist and channel on the defamation suit by August 16.
In a fresh application through advocate Gaurav Gupta, Tharoor said: “Despite the assurance given by the counsel of the defendants (Republic TV) on the last date of hearing, the defendants are still engaging in defaming the plaintiff (Tharoor) and maligning his image.”
The application stated: “Numerous shows, debates, interviews etc are being broadcast repeatedly on the New Channel of the defendants, wherein innuendos are being used to portray that the plaintiff was complicit in the unfortunate death of the deceased.”
“There have also been instances when the plaintiff has been categorically called to be the killer of the deceased,” it added.