BJD MP Pinaki Misra Files Defamation Suit Against Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai In Delhi High Court

Biju Janata Dal MP Pinaki Misra has filed a suit against Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai to restrain him from publishing or circulating allegedly false and defamatory allegations against him.

In the suit, Misra has said that after personal differences arose between Dehadrai and TMC leader Mahua Moitra, the lawyer made a barrage of allegations not only against her but persons with whom she shared a personal relationship, including the BJD leader.

Misra has said that Dehadrai published various tweets against him on X platform “through several coined pseudonyms” such as “Canning Lane” and “Oriya / Odia Babu”.

He has said that he was also summoned by the CBI as part of a preliminary inquiry being conducted by them pursuant to directions by the Lokpal of India in relation to cash for query allegations against Mahua Moitra.

The suit states that Misra has not been named in CBI's FIR in any manner, nor any allegation has been made against him.

Misra has denied Dehadrai's allegation that Rs. 2 crores in cash was kept with him to make purchases on behalf of Mahua Moitra of high value items.

Misra is aggrieved by an interview given by Dehadrai to news agencies ANI and PTI after hearing in his defamation case against Moitra.

The suit states that in the interview, Dehadrai names Misra for the first time and made “wild, imaginary, false, reckless and per se defamatory allegations” against him.

Other defendants in the suit are ANI, PTI and X (formerly Twitter).

Title: PINAKI MISRA v. JAI ANANT DEHADRAI & ORS.