BBC Documentary On PM Modi: Delhi High Court Issues Notice In Case Filed By Gujarat Based NGO

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in a plea seeking to sue it over its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for allegedly casting "a slur” on India’s reputation, including that of the judiciary and the Prime Minister.

Justice Sachin Datta issued notice to BBC on the indigent person application filed by a Gujarat-based NGO, Justice on Trial, and listed it for hearing on September.

“Issue notice to the respondents through all permissible modes, returnable on 25.09.2023,” the court said.

Justice on Trial has filed the case as an indigent person. Notice has also been issued on its application seeking to sue as an indigent person.

Senior Advocate Harish Salve appearing for the NGO contended that the two part documentary has defamed the country, including the judiciary.

In a related news, a trial court here recently issued summons to BBC, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive in a defamation suit filed BJP leader Binay Kumar Singh seeking to restrain them from publishing the documentary on in question or any other material related to RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad

Title: JUSTICE ON TRIAL v. BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION (INDIA) & ANR.

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