A Delhi Court on Monday imposed a cost of ₹7,000 on Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar for seeking adjournment to cross-examine a witness in a defamation case filed against her by the Khadi Village and Industries Commission (KVIC) Chairman V.K. Saxena.
Patkar and Saxena have been embroiled in a legal battle since 2000 after she filed a suit against him for publishing advertisements against her and the NBA.
Saxena, in turn, filed “defamation” cases against her.
Metropolitan Magistrate Nishant Garg passed the order after Patkar’s lawyer did not turn up to cross-examine a witness.
