Court dismisses Mahua Moitra's plea over 'defamatory content' by BJP MP, advocate
India TodayThe Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed an interim plea by Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra seeking to restrain BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai from posting any "fake and defamatory" content against her. Mahua Moitra was expelled as a Lok Sabha MP in December last year after Nishikant Dubey alleged that she asked questions in Parliament in exchange for cash and gifts from businessman Darshan Hiranandani. The plea which the Delhi High Court dismissed on Monday was filed by Mahua Moitra in October 2023 against Dubey, Dehadrai, social media platform X, search engine Google, YouTube and 15 media houses. During the course of the hearing, Dubey and Dehadrai's lawyers argued that Mahua Moitra received gifts from Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions that favoured his business interests.