Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa
Monday filed a complaint against PMK Founder S Ramadoss for
criticising her stay at Kodanad estate at Kotagiri recently
and the editor of a Tamil weekly for publishing his remarks in
its August one edition, which were allegedly defamatory. In the complaint filed in the Principal Sessions Court on
behalf of Jayalalithaa, City Public Prosecutor M L Jegan
alelged that Ramadoss had "maligned" the Chief Minister by
stating that she was being "inaccessible" to the bureaucrats
and other government officials by being away for months
together. Besides, he had charged the government with "corruption",
which was also per se defamatory. The complaint said the remarks "are imaginary and without
any basis. The remarks, which was carried in the "Ananda
Vikatan" was derogatory and made with the intention to malign
the reputation of the Chief Minister". The complaint also sought to punish Ramadoss, the
publisher, printer and editor of the weekly, besides the
reporter who took the PMK chief's interview. Meanwhile, the Principal Sessions Court issued summons to
the Editorial Director, Managing Editor, Executive Editor and
Senior Correspondent and five others of Tamil Magazine "India
Today" to appear before it on September 25 in connection with
a defamation case filed against them by the Chief Minister
recently.
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