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| Choudhary files defamation case against `habitual' litigant | | |
Bashir Assad
JAMMU, Nov 21: Senior NC leader and Minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution System, Choudhary Mohammad Ramzan has filed a defamation suit against the litigant, GN Yatoo who according to the Minister has misrepresented the facts before the J&K High Court and got stayed the construction of a house at posh Friends Enclave at Srinagar International Airport which does not belong to him.
Sources told Early Times today that Choudhary Ramzan in his plea has accused the litigant for misrepresenting the facts before the court and that of dragging his name unnecessarily in the case to gain publicity.
Pertinently the Jammu and Kashmir High Court had stayed the construction of a two-storeyed structure allegedly of Ramzan and his kin in a posh residential enclave in Srinagar. The orders were issued by a single bench of Justice Bansi Lal Bhat in a petition by Dr GN Yatoo, wherein it was alleged that the minister has violated the Srinagar Master Plan norms and guidelines in the posh Friends Colony.
While confirming this to Early Times Choudhary had said on Wednesday that the person in question (GN Yatoo) is a professional litigant and he has filed many litigations even against the people working with him under the same roof in Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical sciences including the Director of the institute.
He said that he has filed a defamation case against the litigant for misrepresenting the facts before the court and damaging his personal reputation and integrity. Choudhary said the court has given him (Yatoo) one month's time to file reply to the defamation suit. Choudhary further said that
"The said person is a professional litigant. I neither have any house nor any plot in my name at Friends Colony. My relations own a plot and a house in the said colony and they have proper papers," Choudhary said. He claimed the petitioner, GN Yatoo, had misrepresented the facts before the High Court and sought a public apology from him. In the petition by Yatoo, it has been alleged that the Minister has encroached upon a public lane and a green strip reserved for beautification of the colony near the plot.
In the petition, it has been alleged that Choudhary Ramzan has been able to secure permission for raising the two-storeyed structure on two plots after conniving with officials, including those from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation. |
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