“Gandhinagar court jails journalist Ravi Nair for defaming Adani Enterprises”, IANS, February 10, 2026
“A court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL), sentencing him to one year’s simple imprisonment and imposing a fine of Rs 5,000.
Pronouncing the verdict on Tuesday, the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Mansa, held that Nair was guilty of the offence punishable under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code, after finding that a series of tweets and online articles authored by him contained defamatory imputations against the complainant company.
In its order, the court noted that the publications, made between October 2020 and July 2021 from Nair’s social media handle and a website, went beyond fair comment or permissible criticism and amounted to categorical assertions alleging corruption, manipulation of laws, misuse of governmental agencies and undue political patronage in favour of the Adani Group……”
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