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Medha Patkar (née Khanolkar; born 1 December 1954) is an Indian activist working on political and social issues for tribals, dalits, farmers, labourers and women facing injustice in India. She is an alumna of TISS , a premier institute of social science research in India.
1 day ago · A Delhi court on Monday sentenced renowned social activist Medha Patkar to five months of imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case filed by the then president of the non-profit organisation ...
1 day ago · A Delhi court on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months imprisonment in a 23-year-old criminal defamation case filed by Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena. Patkar was also directed to pay Rs 10 lakh compensation to Saxena. Taking into account her age and health condition, Raghav Sharma ...
1 day ago · A Delhi court on Monday sentenced social activist Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a 24-year-old defamation suit against her by VK Saxena, who is now the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi. The court also ordered Patkar to pay Rs 10 lakh in damages to Saxena.
1 day ago · Delhi court on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months imprisonment in the defamation case lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena. She was also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh by Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma. The 23-year-old defamation case was filed against her when Saxena headed an NGO in Gujarat.
1 day ago · Observing that false allegations made by a person of Medha Patkar's stature aggravated the offence, Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a Rs 10 lakh fine on her and asked her to pay ...
1 day ago · A Delhi court has sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months of imprisonment in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena. Saxena had filed the case in 2000 over a press release that Patkar had released during her involvement in the Narmada Bachao Andolan. Saxena had argued that it was defamatory. The court agreed with him.
