Chennai: Seven years after slapping cricket star MS Dhoni Rs 100 crore defamation suit For accusing IPS officer G Sampath Kumar of match-fixing, Madras High Court Denies to dismiss Dhoni’s case
Justice N Seshasayee, dismissing Sampath Kumar’s argument To ‘dismiss the plaintiff’ in relation to the 2014 IPL betting and match-fixing scam, said that such relief cannot be granted at the moment when the trial is about to begin.
The court then allowed the IPS officer to apply for filing an additional written statement and adjourned the hearing till December 15.
Dhoni filed suit against Sampath Kumar and Zee Media Corporation without any basis suggesting his role in the scam.
On Thursday, Sampath Kumar argued that he could not be made to face defamation for the statement made in his official capacity before the committee appointed to probe the scam while he was a superintendent of police (SP). Q branch. However, the judge refused to accept this argument.
In 2014, Zee Media responded to the lawsuit, saying it only reported Sampath Kumar’s statement to the Mudgal committee appointed to probe the scam. It said that Dhoni was trying to stop the media from discussing an issue of national and public importance.
Justice N Seshasayee, dismissing Sampath Kumar’s argument To ‘dismiss the plaintiff’ in relation to the 2014 IPL betting and match-fixing scam, said that such relief cannot be granted at the moment when the trial is about to begin.
The court then allowed the IPS officer to apply for filing an additional written statement and adjourned the hearing till December 15.
Dhoni filed suit against Sampath Kumar and Zee Media Corporation without any basis suggesting his role in the scam.
On Thursday, Sampath Kumar argued that he could not be made to face defamation for the statement made in his official capacity before the committee appointed to probe the scam while he was a superintendent of police (SP). Q branch. However, the judge refused to accept this argument.
In 2014, Zee Media responded to the lawsuit, saying it only reported Sampath Kumar’s statement to the Mudgal committee appointed to probe the scam. It said that Dhoni was trying to stop the media from discussing an issue of national and public importance.
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