Kanpur: A local court today recorded statement of the woman activist who had filed a petition against Union minister Sriprakash Jaiswal over his alleged sexiest remark during a function here.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate V K Pandey recorded statement of Anita Dua and directed recording of statements of other witnesses on next hearing listed for 18 October.
Sriprakash Jaiswal.
On 3 October, Dua had moved the court seeking a case against Jaiswal under Sections 294 (obscene acts and songs) and 500 (punishment for defamation) of the IPC. ”She was directed by the court to appear today with supporting evidence for recording her statement,” Dua’s lawyer said.
Addressing a kavi sammelan here recently, when the news of India’s victory over Pakistan in a World Twenty-20 match in Sri Lanka came in, Jaiswal had said, “Like an old victory, wives lose charm as time goes by.”
Jaiswal, however, had later claimed his comments were misconstrued and were being taken out of context and that he apologised if they have hurt the sentiments of women. The remarks had sparked outrage among women organisations which had burnt effigies of the minister in his hometown here.
PTI
