Three ex-cops, including former ACP S. S. Rathi, serving life term in the 1997 Connaught Place (CP) shooting case, have moved the Delhi High Court for enhancement of damages awarded to them by a lower court for harm to their reputation due to defamatory content on a TV channel.
The High Court on Friday issued notice to the TV channel and its show’s producer-cum-director, who have been directed to pay Rs. 20 lakh compensation to the ex-cops, and sought their replies on the plea of two of the officers, Rathi and Ashok Rana. The plea of the third officer, Anil Kumar, was not listed.
Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also took up the plea filed by the show’s producer, who has sought stay of the lower court’s January 23 order as per which he has to pay Rs. 5 lakh to Rathi.
The judge said that subject to the producer depositing Rs. 5 lakh of the damages, the lower court’s decision would be put on hold. — PTI
