A Gujarat-based non-profit named Justice on Trial has filed the case in the High Court arguing that the BBC’s two-part documentary titled India: The Modi Question cast a slur on the reputation of India, its judiciary as well as the Prime Minister.
Justice on Trial has moved the High Court seeking permission to file the defamation suit as an indigent person. The NGO has sought damages of ₹10,000 crore from the BBC.
Order XXXIII of the Code of Civil Procedure deals with filing of suits by indigent persons. It says that a suit can be instituted by an indigent person if he does not have sufficient means to pay the fee prescribed by law for the plaint in such a suit.
Source: Barandbench
