A Suit of 5000 crore has filed against National Herald by Anil Ambani

Anil Ambani’s Reliance group companies have registered a rs 5,000 crore defamation suit against congress-owned National Herald, defiance an article published in the newspaper regarding the rafale fighter jet deal was “libellous and derogatory”.
They also filed a second, related suit against gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil seeking rs 5,000 crore in damages for defamation.
the two suits were filed by reliance defence, Reliance infrastructure and Reliance aerostructure, which Own by anil Ambani-led Reliance group.

The suits were filed yesterday in the court of city civil and sessions judge p j tamakuwala, who issued notices to the respondents and sought replies by september 7, said advocate P S Champaneri who is depicting both the National Herald and Gohil.

The suit against the newspaper alleged that the article titled ‘anil ambani floated Reliance defence 10 days before Narendra Modi announced rafale deal’ was libellous and defamatory, and it “misleads the general public to believe that undue business favours are being extended to them by the government of the day”.

The article conveys a “negative image” and “adversely affects the public perception” of reliance group and its chairman ambani, it said.
the first suit is against associated journals limited, the publisher of the National herald, its editor in-charge Zafar Agha, and author of the article, Vishwadeepak.
The second suit is against Gohil, who as a congress spokesperson reportedly had made certain allegations about the rafale fighter jet deal and anil ambani’s firms.