Delhi HC fines BJP’s Shazia Ilmi Rs 25,000 for suppressing facts in case against Rajdeep Sardesai

The Delhi High Court on Friday imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shazia Ilmi for suppressing facts in her defamation suit against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, reported Bar and Bench.

Partly allowing an application by Ilmi for interim relief in her suit, Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora also confirmed an earlier order directing Sardesai to remove a video featuring the BJP leader uploaded to social media. The video showed Ilmi allegedly abusing a video journalist of India Today.

The incident occurred on July 26 when Ilmi was participating in a debate on the news channel. She left the debate midway after claiming that her mic was cut off by Sardesai with the intent to censor her.

In a social media post, Ilmi alleged that the cameraperson continued to film her after she had left the show despite her physical and emotional discomfort.

In response, Sardesai uploaded a video on social media on July 27, denying Ilmi’s allegations that she was muted during the debate. The video showed Ilmi removing her mic, getting angry at the cameraperson for recording her and asking the video journalist to leave her house.

The journalist said that his channel’s cameraperson was only doing his job and there is no excuse for “bad behaviour”.

In August, the BJP leader had filed...

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