The case dates again to 2006, when Saxena, then the President of the Nationwide Council of Civil Liberties (NCCL), filed a grievance alleging defamation throughout an India TV program, “Breaking Information,” on April 20, 2006.
He claimed Medha Patkar accused him on air of receiving civil contracts from Sardar Sarovar Nigam, damaging his status, and provided to show it with a CD. Saxena stated that he issued a authorized discover to Patkar shortly after the published, demanding a replica of the CD and proof of her claims however acquired no response, prompting him to file the defamation case.
Whereas the felony case was initiated earlier than a Courtroom in Ahmedabad, it was transferred to Delhi in 2010 on the orders of the Supreme Courtroom.
