The Madras High Court on Thursday dismissed IPS officer G Sampath Kumar’s plea seeking quashing of the defamation proceedings initiated against him by cricketer MS Dhoni.
Justice N Seshasayee observed that any order at this stage would certainly affect the progress of the main case pending since 2014 and dismissed Kumar’s plea.
Basically, Dhoni had filed a defamation suit from a TV media firm and others for allegedly circulating malicious news that he was involved in betting, spot and match-fixing. IPL match in 2014.
He sought restraining of the defendants, including Kumar, who had initially probed the IPL betting scam, to issue and publish the statements.
Dhoni, the captain of the Chennai Super Kings IPS franchise, submitted that the Respondents were making highly defamatory, scandalous and defamatory false reports and statements since February 11, 2014. The sole agenda of the defendants was to malign and destroy their reputation by any means. He has millions of fans and cricket lovers all over the world. He prayed to direct the defendants to pay Rs 100 crore for damages.
and Justice S Tamilavanan (now retired) granted an interim injunction earlier to restrain the defendants from doing so.
Aggrieved, Sampath Kumar filed a petition challenging the defamation suit in 2014. In his additional counter-affidavit filed recently, he argued that the suit was to silence him. This was the reason behind filing the suit here in the Madras High Court, while none of the other three defendants to the trial were located in Tamil Nadu.
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