Srinagar\18\: In the defamation case filed by Syed Ali Geelani against the Delhi based English daily”The Times of India”, the accused personals doesn’t present themselves before the court and the said court has put 28 June as next hearing date of the case. In the meantime the accused personals has informed the lower court that they have applied for the shifting of this case to Jammu on the basis of that they feel threat to their lives in Srinagar. Hurriyat Conference have decided that the legal aspects of application submitted in High Court will be thoroughly discussed and examined and if need arises another defamation suit will be filled against the accused. Hurriyat Conference said that Syed Ali Geelani is a responsible leader of Kashmir who represents the majority sentiments of the state and there can be no threat to life of to anybody by his side so it is another deliberate attempt to damage his public image. In Tuesday’s press release, Hurriyat Spokesman Ayaz Akbar said that in the defamation suit filed by the councils of Geelani Sahab Advocate M. S. Reshi in which the judicial Magistrate first class sub registrar Srinagar had issued summons to the Managing Director of “Times of India” Mr. Veniet Jain, Editor Mr. Jay Deep Bose and its Srinagar correspondent Mr. Saleem Pandith and the three officials were ordered to present themselves before the court on 16th June 2014. According to the spokesman, all the three accused didn’t attend the court hearing on 16 June, after which the court placed the next hearing of the case on 28th June, but in the mean time the accused personals informed the lower court that on the basis of threat to their lives, they have submitted an application in the Srinagar High Court for shifting of this case to Jammu. Hurriyat Spokesman expressed his surprise that the English daily “The Times of India” is persecuting the pro-freedom leader of Kashmir and they want to damage his public image in every possible way. On 14 March 2014 a baseless news report appeared in this news paper, in which it was mentioned that “Geelani Sahab have nominated his son as his successor and when Geelani Sahab was leaving to New Delhi for treatment on 13 March 2014, he was driven to the tarmac and taken towards the aircraft on a wheel chair but the 84 year old leader surprisingly climbed up the stairs of the plane without any support”. When Hurriyat Conference took legal action regarding this and filed a defamation suit against the said paper, the representative of the News paper submitted an application in the Srinagar High Court for shifting this case to Jammu and the apprehension intends that the three accused personals are feeling threat to their lives in Srinagar. According to the spokesman the Hurriyat Conference took it as the deliberate attempt to harm the public image of Geelani sahab and it have decided that after examining the legal aspects of this application, if need arises, the Hurriyat Conference will file another defamation suit against the said paper. Spokesman said that Geelani Sahab is a well known political figure not only of Jammu and Kashmir, but the whole sub-continent and he has a set policy and he doesn’t believe in forceful tactics. He is the great advocate of expression of freedom but he believes that the moral values should not be neglected during the critics. The accused personals who are affiliated with the said paper have indirectly accused Geelani Sahab that he is an aggressive personality and he doesn’t tolerate any criticism against himself. Hurriyat spokesman said that critics about his stand and his course of action usually appear in different news papers, but he never takes ill of that. Rather he appreciates the every logical and justifiable critic, but he believes that any baseless allegation against any person is against the moral and human values and no religion of world permits this action.
Posted on: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 16:05:49 +0000
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