Team News Riveting
An on-going tussle between the Republic TV and the Mumbai police took a twist as the former announced to sue controversial police official Param Bir Singh for Rs 200 crore.
The development came after the Mumbai Police and Maharashtra Government lawyer today admitted in the Bombay High Court that Republic was not named in the FIR in the TRP case.
In a news release, the media giant informed that Republic Media Network Editor-in-Chief and Managing Director, well known journalist Arnab Goswami has directed his legal team Phoenix Legal to initiate the proceedings to sue Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh for Rs 200 crore damages (Rs 100 crore for damage to the reputation of Arnab Goswami, and Rs 100 crore for the damage caused to Republic Media Network).
The legal teams of Republic are in the process of filing the defamation suit against Param Bir Singh, informed Republic TV.
In a surprising turn of events today, senior advocate Kapil Sibal, who represented the Mumbai police, contradicting the Police Commissioner’s allegation against Republic TV and admitted in Bombay HC that Republic TV was not named in the FIR in the TRP scam case.
The Mumbai police seemed to distance itself from the allegations made by the Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
Republic TV had today moved the Bombay High Court seeking quashing of the FIR lodged against the channel by the Mumbai Police in the TRP (television rating points) scam case. The petition filed by Republic TV had also sought a direction to transfer the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to ensure a fair and transparent probe.
