Source – ndtv.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NEW DELHI: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Delhi High Court on Thursday set aside an order staying proceedings in a defamation complaint filed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra against Zee News and its editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary in connection with a show on her June 25 speech in Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Justice Brijesh Sethi set aside the September 25 decision of the sessions court which had put on hold the defamation proceedings against the channel going on before a magisterial court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her plea, the Trinamool Congress MP had contended that the sessions court ought not to have intervened in the defamation proceedings when it was at the pre-summoning stage. The previous order came on an application moved by Sudhir Chaudhary seeking perjury action against the MP for allegedly concealing relevant facts in her defamation complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Moitra in her plea before the high court had said that the sessions court ought not to have stayed the proceedings against a “proposed” accused based on his plea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In her defamation complaint Ms Moitra had said that her June 25 speech was inspired by a holocaust poster in a United States’ museum, containing 14 signs of early fascism and that she had “clearly attributed” the source as she stated that the signs were taken from the said poster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The complaint claimed that the news channel ran a broadcast stating that she had plagiarised her “hate-filled speech” delivered in the Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Subsequently, Zee News filed a defamation complaint against Ms Moitra for allegedly making statements against them to the media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The alleged defamatory statement against the news channel was made while she was speaking to the reporters on the allegation against her.COMMENT<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ms Moitra has been summoned by a magisterial court to appear before it on October 25 in the defamation complaint by the channel.<\/p>\n