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Defamation case: Delhi court sentences Medha Patkar to 5 months in jail

Defamation case: Delhi court sentences Medha Patkar to 5 months in jail

Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on Medha Patkar

01 July,2024 05:00 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Activist Medha Patkar convicted in defamation case filed by Delhi LG VK Saxena

Activist Medha Patkar convicted in defamation case filed by Delhi LG VK Saxena

Saxena had filed two cases against her for making derogatory remarks against him on a TV channel and issuing a defamatory press statement

24 May,2024 07:05 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
FIR against activist Medha Patkar, 11 others in MP for 'misuse' of funds

FIR against activist Medha Patkar, 11 others in MP for 'misuse' of funds

Patkar has dismissed the allegations against her as "wrong", saying she had a full account and audit of the expenses and hinted at political reasons behind the allegations

11 July,2022 02:47 PM IST | Barwani | PTI
Medha Patkar moves SC seeking immediate release of prisoners above 70 years

Medha Patkar moves SC seeking immediate release of prisoners above 70 years

Patkar said she has moved the top court for directions to the Centre, states and union territories and high powered committees (HPCs) to formulate a uniform mechanism so as to decongest the prisons pan-India, with respect to the release of the prisoners aged above the age of 70

19 June,2021 08:56 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Farmers’ rally violence: Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar among 37 named in FIR

Farmers’ rally violence: Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar among 37 named in FIR

The case against them was registered under various sections of Indian Penal Code including 147, 148 (related to rioting), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 307 (attempt to murder)

28 January,2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Maharashtra government afraid of Mumbai Bagh protesters: Medha Patkar

Maharashtra government afraid of Mumbai Bagh protesters: Medha Patkar

The activist urged people from different parts of the city to come to the protest site, called by locals and media as 'Mumbai Bagh', a take-off on Delhi's Shaheen Bagh, to show their solidarity

12 February,2020 09:47 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Cops collect addresses and IDs at Mumbai Bagh

Cops collect addresses and IDs at Mumbai Bagh

After booking hundreds of women protesting on Morland Rd for 'blocking road and civic work', police are now profiling all of them because 'it is difficult to identify women in burkha'

12 February,2020 07:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Diwakar Sharma
Bullet train project: Is it Narmada all over again?

Bullet train project: Is it Narmada all over again?

For the past 30 years, the Narmada Bachao Andolan, helmed by activist Medha Patkar, has been highlighting the flawed manner in which the project has been conceptualised.

23 November,2019 05:49 AM IST | Vadodra | Prutha Bhosle
Medha Patkar: Centre-state coordination gap led to migrant crisis

Medha Patkar: Centre-state coordination gap led to migrant crisis

Medha Patkar demanded that migrant labourers be provided employment and food free of cost at their native places

10 June,2020 12:00 AM IST | PTI
'BCCI is cricket board # 420'

'BCCI is cricket board # 420'

Medha Patkar-led body lodges cheating complaint against board for using indoor cricket facility at Wankhede for illegal IPL and BCCI offices

16 December,2009 07:29 AM IST | J Dey

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