Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar was convicted by a Delhi court in connection with a defamation case filed against her by VK Saxena, the current lieutenant governor of the national capital, PTI reported.
According to the PTI report, Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma found Patkar guilty of criminal defamation. According to section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to punishment for defamation, the activist can be given a two-year jail term, a fine or both as punishment.
The legal battle between Patkar and Saxena dates back to 2000, after she filed a case against him for running advertisements against her and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA).
Saxena was then the head of the Ahmedabad-based NGO National Council for Civil Liberties.
Saxena had also filed two charges against her for making derogatory comments against him on a television channel and issuing a defamatory press release.
