Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja filed case of defamation against Rajkot newspaper
Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja filed defamation suit against Rajkot newspaper
Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja filed a case of defamation against of Rajkot based evening newspaper on January 20, 2015.
According to the suit defamation suit filed by Jadeja, the newspaper 'Aabtak' had on November 20, 2014, published a news report alleging that the cricketer and his business partner Jenesih Ajmera had links with Bali Dangar who is facing charges of land grabbing and extortion.
Denying his links with Dangar, Jadeja, while filing the suit, said that that the paper had damaged his reputation.
About Ravindra Jadeja:
Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born December 6, 1988) is a professional Indian cricketer.
He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and slow left-arm orthodox bowler.
Jadeja represents Saurashtra in first-class cricket, and Chennai Super Kings in the Indian Premier League.
He was part of the victorious Indian U-19 cricket team that won the World Cup in Malaysia in 2008.
He also represented Indian U-19 cricket team in 2006.
Jadeja has also represented India in the 2009 and 2010 ICC World Twenty20 competitions.
About defamation suit:
Under common law, to constitute defamation, a claim must generally be false and have been made to someone other than the person defamed.
Some common law jurisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called slander and defamation in other media such as printed words or images, called libel.
Libel is a written or published defamatory statement, while slander is defamation that is spoken by the defendant.