Rs 100 Crore Defamation Suit: HC to hear plea on Dhoni deposition; venue of recording in focus
Former IPS officer G Sampath Kumar has urged the Madras High Court to mandate that former cricket captain M S Dhoni's deposition related to a Rs 100 crore defamation suit be recorded exclusively in a court or government building, rather than in private locations such as a luxury hotel. This legal matter stems from a defamation suit filed by Dhoni against Sampath Kumar, as well as media entities Zee Media, News Nation Network, and Sudhir Chaudhary, the editor and business head of Zee News.
The suit alleges that the media outlets inaccurately linked Dhoni to the 2013 IPL betting scam. Sampath Kumar claims he cannot face defamation charges for his official deposition before the Mudgal Committee investigating the scam, as he was the investigating officer for the scandal while serving as Superintendent of Police in the Q Branch.
Zee Media countered the suit, stating that they merely reported the deposition given to the committee.
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