Gujarat NGO Seeks 10k Cr In Damages For BBC's 'The Modi Question' Docu
By Ritika Jain Delhi High Court today issued notice on a defamation suit filed by NGO Justice On Trial (JOT) seeking 10,000 crores in damages from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for airing the now-banned documentary “India: The Modi Question”. The NGO, represented by senior advocate Harish Salve, suggests that BBC—United Kingdom’s national broadcaster—“do not even have a fig leaf of journalistic neutrality and reporting of facts, but appear to be only with a view to casting a slur upon the reputation of the Indian State and its institutions, apart from the reputation of the Gujarat...