I feel amazing, I feel vindicated: Priya Ramani on M J Akbar defamation case acquittal

"I feel amazing, I feel vindicated," journalist Priya Ramani said on Wednesday after having come out of travails of trial in a defamation case lodged by M J Akbar.

“I hope it will make women speak up and discourage powerful men from filing false cases against women who share their truth," Ramani said on her acquittal in the case.

Senior advocate Rebecca M John, who appeared as a defence lawyer, stated, "The court has believed Priya and said that whatever she has said is her truth and there is no reason to disbelieve her."

Read: Delhi court acquits Priya Ramani in M J Akbar defamation case

A Delhi court, which acquitted Ramani in the case, said that women can't be punished for raising instances of sexual abuse.

"The Constitution allowed women to put forward her grievances before any forum and at any time," the court said.

"Ramani's disclosure was in the interest of anti-sexual harassment at the workplace," the court said, also taking into consideration instances of systematic abuse at the workplace.