<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> on Monday declined to interfere with the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</a>'s order confirming the trial court's order holding activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar guilty in a defamation case filed by Delhi's Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in 2001.</p><p>A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, however, set aside the penalty of Rs one lakh imposed upon her.</p><p>Taking up her appeal, the bench said, "We are not inclined to interfere with the conviction."</p>.Bihar SIR: Law does not require to share separate list of electors excluded from draft rolls, EC tells Supreme Court.<p>The court, however, allowed her to furnish bonds by modifying the order on her release on probation of good conduct.</p><p>Senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for Patkar, contended there was no direct evidence linking the alleged press note with her. The note was not proved.</p><p>The court, however, rejected his submission and modified the order on penalty only as well as the supervision order which required her periodic appearance.</p><p>On July 29, 2025, the High Court upheld the conviction, finding no illegality or material irregularity in the trial court's judgment.</p><p>Saxena had filed the defamation case against Patkar in 2001, when he was the former President of an Ahmedabad-based, NGO, National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL). </p><p>Saxena had in 2000 published an advertisement against Patkar's NBA, the movement that opposed the construction of dams over the Narmada river.</p><p>After getting to see the publication of the advertisement, Patkar had issued an alleged defamatory press note against Saxena. </p>
<p>New Delhi: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a> on Monday declined to interfere with the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/delhi-high-court">Delhi High Court</a>'s order confirming the trial court's order holding activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar guilty in a defamation case filed by Delhi's Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in 2001.</p><p>A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh, however, set aside the penalty of Rs one lakh imposed upon her.</p><p>Taking up her appeal, the bench said, "We are not inclined to interfere with the conviction."</p>.Bihar SIR: Law does not require to share separate list of electors excluded from draft rolls, EC tells Supreme Court.<p>The court, however, allowed her to furnish bonds by modifying the order on her release on probation of good conduct.</p><p>Senior advocate Sanjay Parikh, appearing for Patkar, contended there was no direct evidence linking the alleged press note with her. The note was not proved.</p><p>The court, however, rejected his submission and modified the order on penalty only as well as the supervision order which required her periodic appearance.</p><p>On July 29, 2025, the High Court upheld the conviction, finding no illegality or material irregularity in the trial court's judgment.</p><p>Saxena had filed the defamation case against Patkar in 2001, when he was the former President of an Ahmedabad-based, NGO, National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL). </p><p>Saxena had in 2000 published an advertisement against Patkar's NBA, the movement that opposed the construction of dams over the Narmada river.</p><p>After getting to see the publication of the advertisement, Patkar had issued an alleged defamatory press note against Saxena. </p>
