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Delhi HC asks 3 Congress leaders to remove tweets on Smriti Irani's daughter

  •   Fri, Jul 29 2022 01:56:55 PM

New Delhi, Jul 29 (IANS): The Delhi High Court on Friday issued summons to Congress leaders Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and Netta D' Souza, and also directed them to remove tweets on allegations against Union Minister Smriti Irani and her daughter related to a recent bar controversy.

The case is related to the political controversy surrounding Silly Souls Cafe and Bar, allegedly operated by Union Minister Smriti Irani's daughter Zoish Irani in Goa's Assagao.

"I am of the prima facie view that slanderous allegations were made against the plaintiff without verifying actual facts. Grave injury has been caused to the reputation of the plaintiff in view of the tweets and retweets carried out due to the press conference of the defendants. Plaintiff has made out prima facie case and balance of convenience lies in favour of the plaintiff and against the defendants," Justice Mini Pushkarna remarked.

The Congress party has alleged that the daughter of Smriti Irani was running an illegal bar in the BJP-ruled Goa.

While Smriti Irani refuted Congress' allegations terming them as "malicious" intended to "malign" her and assassinate the character of her 18-year-old student daughter, the Congress party urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to sack her as Union minister.

Smriti Irani has served legal notice to Congress leaders Pawan Khera, Jairam Ramesh, and Netta D' Souza and demanded a written unconditional apology and asked them to withdraw the allegations against her daughter with immediate effect.

After the development in the court, taking to his Twitter account, Jairam Ramesh said: "The Delhi High Court has issued notice asking us to formally reply to the case filed by Smriti Irani. We look forward to presenting the facts before the court. We will challenge and disprove the spin being put out by Ms. Irani."

 
  

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  • Kedhar, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    Jairam, Khera, Netta the ' Silly Souls'.

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  • Deshbhakt, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    Has it now reached upto tweets only ?? Ms. Irani said her daughter never owned a bar which is correct but a licence was availed on a dead man's name and the teenager is running it. Are all Goan Bar/Restaurants on dead people's name, or Ms. Irani bent the law to let her daughter do the business ?? First prove/disprove this, let's talk about tweets later on.

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  • Navneeth, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    Round 1 to Smriti Irani. The Congressmen leveled false allegations against Irani & daughter without verifying facts. The Notice obtained thru RTI does not have Irani's name The license in the name of Anthony D'Gama expired on 31 March 2022. Anthony died in 2021. His son applied for renewal and sought 6 months time to transfer name in his own. The Excise Commissioner is within his rights to renew the licence in the same name with a condition the name will be transferred in 6 months. So there is no illegality involved and Iranis have nothing to do with the ownership or it's renewal. Zoish Irani was working there as a chef and it's natural to say yes when somebody asks if it's her restaurant (as in the video being circulated). That does not make her the owner! We have Bus drivers saying that 'we are owners of this vehicle' , when the owner is someone else.

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  • Vishal, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    There are many bars in Kudla owned by politicians sitting in Bangalore. Of course, as per the legal documents its in the name of some Chunnu , Munnu, ordinary fall guys. In any case , Congress loses again, they are used to it now.

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  • Lenny Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    Misusing the loopholes in the system. Politicians and lawyers know them best. The restaurant is owned by daughter, but not on her name. The original licensee who owned the restaurant died. The excise authorities renewed the license without change of name (lot of money get transferred in each license and shared by politicians too). Today, Smiritis daughter doesn't own as there is no proof. Excise men cannot revive dead man. It is catch 22 situation. But owning a bar? Is it illegal? That way many politicians own restaurants and bars accross the country. What is illegal there? Smriti wins. Poor homework by Congress men.

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    The BJP government believes that by repeating the big lie, they than hide the truth.

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  • Johnson, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    Congress is losing its ground day by day. I never expected such a learned leader like Jairam Ramesh can get into so low to please his masters....

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  • Ethnic Orchid, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    So loosing face again? The Congress should realise that adopting to such measures without ample proof will only boomerang on their rear. This will make the BJP only stronger. As it is Smriti is already termed as a 'hero' for booting out the Congress president from his family bastion. Its just digging the grave deeper.

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  • Karuna, Bengaluru

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    Those Readers who let out there vitriolic comments, against Smriti and her daughter can now eat their own words

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  • sompa, Mangalore

    Fri, Jul 29 2022

    that means a fit case to be probed by ED as a benami.

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