Indian Medical Association (IMA) President Dr JA Jayalal on Monday moved the Delhi High Court difficult a trial court docket’s order which had prima facie held that he was concerned within the affiliation for the promotion of Christianity. was abusing his place.
An individual named Rohit Jha had filed a swimsuit earlier than a trial court docket in Delhi alleging that below the defend of IMA, Jayalal was abusing his place and attempting to transform the nation and the folks of Hindus to Christianity. To mislead.
Referring to Jayalal’s articles and interviews, he sought a path to the court docket to restrain the IMA chief from writing, talking within the media or publishing materials derogatory to Hinduism or Ayurveda.
Advocate Nitesh Jain, who challenged the order of the periods court docket on behalf of Jayalal, mentioned in his plea that the trial court docket’s order was “poor in the eyes of law”.
The petition states that the trial court docket “erred in making and passing an adverse statement that the appellant shall not use the platform of IMA for propagation of any religion”, which the appellant “never did”. But by passing such remarks, the court docket prima facie held the appellant responsible of propagating Christianity, “which is wholly false and tantamount to final judgment without any trial and final judgment,” it mentioned.
Jayalal’s authorized staff submitted that he gave an interview to Christianity Today’s Morgan Lee, which was later revealed on its web site. The petition states that “nothing was said against any religion or against any person or against the plaintiff or against Ayurveda”.
“This was an interview given in the personal capacity of the appellant, expressing his personal views,” it mentioned. In the interviews, nothing was mentioned about “converting medical students, doctors and patients to Christianity”, the petition mentioned.
The petition mentioned that some unidentified individuals with malicious intent made a fabricated screenshot of a faux information article revealed on the web site of Haggai International, the place it was alleged that Jayalal needed to make use of his place for Christian missionary. The petition states that the web site was checked by Jayalal, who knowledgeable that such an article was not current on his web site.
Justice Asha Menon has issued discover and can hear the matter on June 16.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
