Imposes ₹5,000 Cost on Somnath Bharti's Wife in Defamation Case Against Nirmala Sitharaman: Delhi Court
A Delhi court on Wednesday imposed a cost of ₹5,000 on Lipika Mitra, the wife of AAP leader Somnath Bharti, for failing to appear in her own criminal defamation complaint against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The case titled Lipika Mitra v. Nirmala Sitharaman was being heard by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Paras Dalal. Despite repeated calls and passovers, neither Lipika Mitra nor her lawyer appeared in the courtroom…
