Trinamool Congress Leader Mahua Moitra found a breather today as lawyer and former partner Jai Anant Dehadrai agreed to withdraw the defamation case against her.

Dehadrai, according to the media reports, put up a condition that Moitra would not make statements against him which are ‘palpably false’, to withdraw the lawsuit.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court had held that Moitra has a right to defend herself in the public domain.

Dehadrai’s suit alleged that Moitra made defamatory statements against him on various social media platforms, as well as in print and electronic media.

He was seeking ₹2 crore in damages from Moitra, alleging that she referred to him as ‘jobless’ and ‘jilted’ as well as seeking to restrain her from publishing further defamatory material against him on social media.

Justice Jalan had, in March, also issued summons to five media houses as well as social media platforms X and Google LLC, while directing Moitra to respond to Dehadrai’s application seeking interim relief, as he posted the next hearing on Apr 8.

The judge had also noted that in cases of this nature, both parties are often seen as warring factions, neither solely a victim nor a perpetrator, and that a significant portion of the battle in such cases is fought outside the courtroom.

(With inputs from IANS)

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