PDP President Mehbooba Mufti sends legal notice to Satya Pal Malik, the former governor of J&K over his 'defamatory' remarks
Malik is asked to pay Rs 10 crore within 30 days as compensation or face legal proceedings according to the notice
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday sent a legal notice to Satya Pal Malik, the former Jammu and Kashmir governor seeking Rs 10 crore compensation for his alleged "defamatory" remarks against her.
The notice comes after days to Malik, who is the current governor of Meghalaya, mentioned Mehbooba Mufti as the beneficiary of the now-abandoned Roshni scheme which focused to grant proprietary rights to occupants of J&K state land for charges.
"Although no amount of money can compensate my client for the loss of reputation and good name which has been caused by your aforesaid conduct, yet my client has decided to sue you for compensation," Mehbooba's counsel, Anil Sethi mentioned in the legal notice.
In the notice, Malik was asked to pay Rs 10 crore within 30 days as compensation failing to which may result into legal proceedings. The compensation money will not be used for any personal gains by Mehbooba but for public good stated the notice.
Earlier on Wednesday, Mehbooba had asked Malik, the former governor of Jammu and Kashmir before it was bifurcated, to withdraw his comments.
"False & unsavoury utterances of Satya Pal Malik about me being a beneficiary of Roshni Act is highly mischievous. My legal team is preparing to sue him".
"He has the option to withdraw his comments failing which I will pursue legal recourse," stated Mehbooba in a tweet two days back.
Mehbooba shared a video viewing Malik claim that National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, his son Omar Abdullah and the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti received land plots under the Roshni scheme.
The Roshni Act was introduced by the Farooq Abdullah government with the aim to grant proprietary rights to occupants of the state land in lieu of charges. This money generated was to be used for setting up hydro-power plants in the state.
However, the scheme was demobilized after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court declared it illegal and handled the CBI to investigate the beneficiaries of the respective scheme.
