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Victory of women and the MeToo movement: Priya Ramani on acquittal in MJ Akbar defamation case
Updated On: 17 February, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
"There was a lot of anxiety, stress and fear as a powerful man took me to court. My reputation is much better than his and everybody believed me," she said after the pronouncement of judgment
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"It is a victory for women and the MeToo movement. It feels great to have the truth validated before a court of law," journalist Priya Ramani said minutes after a Delhi court acquitted her in a criminal defamation case filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar for accusing him of sexual misconduct.
In the wake of #MeToo movement in 2018, Ramani had made allegation of sexual harassment against Akbar. Pursuant to this, he filed the criminal defamation case against her and resigned as the Union Minister.
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