Hindustan Times, Neelesh Misra Directed to Pay ₹40 Lakh to Businessman for Defamation: Delhi Court
In a significant judgment dealing with defamation under Tort Law, the District Court of Tis Hazari, Delhi, held HT Media Limited (publisher of Hindustan Times) and its former journalist Neelesh Misra guilty of publishing a defamatory article against a Delhi-based businessman Arun Kumar Gupta, founder of Darts IT Network. The court directed them to pay ₹40 lakh as compensation for defaming Gupta through a 2007 report alleging his removal from…