Court asks Deve Gowda to pay Rs 2 cr damages
June 22, 2021  13:03
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A court in Bengaluru has directed former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda to pay Rs 2 crore as damages to the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) for his "defamatory statement" against the company in a television interview 10 years ago. 

The Eighth City Civil and Sessions Judge Mallanagouda found basis in the plaint filed by the NICE, whose promoter and managing director is Ashok Kheny, a former Bidar South MLA. 

 Referring to the interview telecast by a Kannada news channel under the caption "Gowdara Garjane" on June 28, 2011, the court directed Deve Gowda to pay damages of Rs 2 crore to the company for the loss of its reputation on account of defamatory comments made by him. 

 The JDS supremo's outburst was against the NICE project and he had called it a 'loot'. The court observed that the project in question has been upheld by the High Court of Karnataka and the Supreme Court in their judgments. -- PTI
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