Actor Nana Patekar’s NGO, Naam Foundation has filed a defamation suit of Rs 25 crore against actor Tanushree Dutta, after she made remarks about the NGO in a press conference in January 2020. The Bombay High Court has restrained her from making allegations against Naam Foundation.
Since she was absent from court and not represented by an advocate in time, Justice AK Menon granted relief to the NGO. Nana Patekar and Makarand Anaspure instituted the NGO in September 2015, with the aim of helping farmers in drought-ridden areas.
The petition filed by the organisation said that the allegations made by Tanushree “caused enormous damage to the foundation’s reputation.”
Justice Menon did not refute that the NGO is involved in charity work and the allegation leveled against it “appears defamatory”. The court ruled that there is no record to conclude the NGO is a “fly-by night operator.”
Tanushree, who is now filing a reply, maintains that she will seek an inquiry through Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
“My challenges in life made me an activist and I have decide to never back down,” she told the publication. She added that history will remember her for the fight she put up.