Zee Media sends legal notice to Majihtia for defaming its editor, seeks Rs 100 crore as damages
New Delhi, August 9, 2018: Zee Media Corporation Limited (ZMCL) has sent a legal notice to Akali MLA Bikram Singh Majithia for his alleged defamatory allegation against the TV Channel’s Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Editor Dinesh Sharma.
On behalf of the ZMCL, the Supreme Court lawyer Petal Chandhok asked Majithia in the legal notice to tender an unconditional written apology and publicly withdraw the false allegation against him client.
Majithia had reportedly alleged while talking with mediapersons at Hoshiarpur on August 2, 2018 that Dinesh Sharma had demanded Rs 20 crore from him before 2017 Punjab Assembly elections for favourable reportage.
The ZMCL counsel further asked Majithia in the notice to undertake not to repeat such defamatory act in future and pay Rs 100 crore on account of damages suffered by his client till now.
It was also conveyed to Majithia in the notice that if he failed to adhere to above requisitions, his client shall be constrained to initiate appropriate civil and criminal proceedings including seeking further monetary damages which will be quantified later.
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Majithia had alleged that Dinesh Sharma demanded Rs 20 crore from him during 2017 Punjab Assembly elections