Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court on Tuesday quashed and set aside summons issued by a magistrate\u2019s court to ousted Tata Group chairman Cyrus Mistry and others in connection with a Rs500 crore defamation complaint filed by Tata Trusts\u2019 R. Venkatramanan.<\/p>\n
Mistry and the other accused had approached the sessions court after the metropolitan magistrate issued the summons in July this year directing them to appear before it. \u201cThe sessions court, after hearing arguments of all sides at length, today quashed and set aside the summons issued by the magistrate\u2019s court. The matter has been remanded to the magistrate for hearing on the complaint,\u201d Mistry\u2019s lawyer Aabad Ponda said.<\/p>\n
Venkatramanan, managing trustee of Tata Trusts, had filed the criminal defamation complaint against Mistry and others for making \u201cfalse\u201d statements and sought a compensation of Rs500 crore. An e-mail sent by Mistry to the directors and trustees of Tata Trusts contained \u201cdefamatory statements\u201d against him, Venkatramanan said.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint, after Mistry was ousted as the chairman of Tata Sons on 24 October, 2016, he, in an e-mail, alleged that fraudulent transactions worth Rs22 crore had taken place at the group\u2019s aviation venture, AirAsia India, and accused Venkatramanan of having tried to cover it up.<\/p>\n
The issue is now being probed by the Enforcement Directorate. Venkatramanan said the e-mail, which was leaked to the media, caused irreparable damage to his reputation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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