Reacting to the court's verdict, the septuagenarian activist said that her lawyers will challenge the order.
Medha Patkar (Flickr)
A Delhi court has sentenced Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a defamation case filed by Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena 23 years ago. Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma also imposed a ₹10 lakh fine on her. The court, however, suspended the sentence for a month to enable Patkar to challenge the judgment.