Defamation case: LHC declares Imrans' plea against trial court decision inadmissible

PTI founder challenged trial court's decision to allow written testimonies in defamation case filed by PM Shehbaz

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday declared PTI founder Imran Khan's petition inadmissible, challenging the trial court's decision to allow written testimony in the defamation case filed by the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

LHC judge Chaudhry Iqbal delivered the verdict, reserved the day before, on the PTI founders' petition against the termination of its right to defend itself in a 10 billion defamation suit.

A sessions court had ended the PTI president's right to defense. The PTI founder challenged the verdict in the Lahore High Court, but the court upheld the trial court's verdict.

Earlier on Monday, the LHC reserved its verdict on upholding a petition by incarcerated PTI founder Imran Khan challenging a top court's decision not to summon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in person for recording his statement as part of a defamation lawsuit against the former.

Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal was hearing a civil complaint by the former prime minister filed through lawyer Shadab Hussain Jafri, raising legal objections to the trial court's decision in the defamation case.

The lawyer argued that Prime Minister Shehbaz had filed a defamation suit against the PTI founding president in 2017, but he was not summoned in person to record his statement, instead relying on an affidavit writing.

He said that under the law, the complainant/Prime Minister Shehbaz must personally appear before the court to record his statement in the defamation suit.

He pointed out that the trial court had rejected objections to the Prime Minister's non-appearance and allowed the statement to be recorded through an affidavit.

The lawyer requested the LHC to set aside the trial court's decision and require PM Shehbaz to appear in person to record his statement in the trial.

After hearing the arguments, Justice Iqbal reserved his verdict on upholding the application.

The ongoing defamation suit in a civil court since 2017 states that Mr Khan falsely accused Prime Minister Shehbaz of offering Rs10 billion to the latter through a mutual friend in exchange for withdrawing the Panama Papers case currently before the Supreme Court.

The complainant said Mr Khan had made baseless allegations against him, seeking an order to recover Rs 10 billion as compensation from the respondent for publishing defamatory content.

The PTI founding leader had filed his response to the complaint with a delay of four years in 2021, claiming that one of his friends had told him that someone of his acquaintance as well as the Sharif family had approached him with an offer to pay billions of rupees if he could convince. him (Mr. Khan) to stop pursuing the Panama case.

Mr Khan said he had disclosed the incident for the consumption of the general public and that an act in the interest of public good did not constitute defamation.

The response maintained that Mr. Khan had not specifically attributed any statement to the complainant (PM Shehbaz) while narrating the incident.

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