Judicial Magistrate Tarunpreet Kaur of Patiala House Courts passed the order on July 26 after coming to a prima facie finding that by linking Rai to conman Sanjay Sherpuria, India Today had defamed him.
“Let summons be issued to accused 1. Aroon Purie (Chairman, India Today Group), 2. Kallie Purie (Vice Chairman, India Today Group), 3. Supriya Prasad (Managing Editor, Tak Channels), 4. Milind Khandekar (Managing Editor) and 5. India Today on filing of PF within 15 days from today, for offence under section 500 IPC, for the NDOH (next date of hearing),” the Court said.
Source: Barandbench
