A magistrate court in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on Tuesday convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Limited and sentenced him to imprisonment for one year, PTI reported on Tuesday.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on Nair, ANI reported.
Commenting on the verdict, the journalist made a reference to a poem by Faiz Ahmad Faiz and said: “Hum Dekhenge [We will see]”.
Hum dekhenge 🦾
— Ravi Nair (@t_d_h_nair) February 10, 2026
The case was based on a complaint filed by Adani Enterprises, the flagship company of industrialist Gautam Adani’s Adani Group, alleging that Nair published and disseminated a series of posts on the social media platform X containing false and defamatory statements intended to damage its reputation.
The company alleged that Nair’s posts did not amount to fair comment or legitimate criticism but were designed to undermine the credibility of the firm in the eyes of the public and investors.
The court held that the offence of defamation had been proved, ANI reported. It also noted that the matter was triable as a summons case and therefore did not require a separate hearing on punishment.
The magistrate said that Nair, as a journalist and public commentator, was expected to be conscious of the reach and impact of the statements made on...
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