KATHMANDU: Nikita Paudel, wife of Rabi Lamichhane, has lost a defamation case filed against nine media outlets, with the Kathmandu District Court rejecting her claims on Monday.
The case was filed over news reports related to the Satya Sai Cooperative. A bench led by Judge Atma Dev Joshi ruled that the claims did not meet legal grounds.
Lamichhane had filed the case on Chaitra 23, 2080 BS, naming multiple media houses and journalists, including Kantipur Daily, Onlinekhabar, Nagarik Daily, Artha Sarokar, and Ukera Online, as defendants.
She had sought compensation of Rs 50 million from each defendant, amounting to a total claim worth hundreds of millions of rupees.
The case stemmed from reports alleging that Rs 5 million had been withdrawn and spent by Rabi Lamichhane and Nikita from the cooperative. Challenging these reports, Lamichhane had raised concerns on social media before filing the lawsuit.
After nine hearings, the court concluded that her claims were not substantiated and ruled in favor of the defendant media outlets and journalists, who had defended the case through legal representatives.
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