New Delhi: Jay Shah on Monday filed a criminal defamation case in a metropolitan court in Gujarat against seven people including the report's author, and the editor and owner of the news portal.
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta will represent Jay Shah, son of BJP chief Amit Shah, in the criminal defamation case he has filed against news portal The Wire over its story that alleged that his company's turnover saw a huge rise after the BJP came to power at the Centre in 2014.
File image of BJP chief Amit Shah with son Jay Shah. AFP
"I have taken permission from the Law Ministry on 6th October for this issue. I am being consulted in this case. I may even appear for the case in court," Mehta told NDTV.
Union minister Piyush Goyal said Mehta had sought Law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad's permission to appear for Jay, and the approval was granted.
Goyal said that the purpose of the story was to defame the BJP and its government by making derogatory and defamatory imputations.
Asked about the Congress' attack on the BJP over the claim that the government was in the know of the entire episode as the ASG was given permission even before the story appeared, Goyal said they were aware of the matter as the news portal had sent Jay a questionnaire.
"We believe that he (Jay) has been wronged and he must get justice. There is no harm if the best of lawyers appear for him. An ASG can appear in a matter between two private parties after taking permission," he told reporters.
With inputs from PTI
Published Date: Oct 09, 2017 07:18 pm | Updated Date: Oct 09, 2017 07:18 pm
