Delhi HC will frame issues against Arnab Goswami in Shashi Tharoor's defamation case on March 7

FOLLOW US: New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today fixed March 7 for framing of issues in a civil defamation suit filed by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor against journalist Arnab Goswami and his channel Republic TV. High Court Joint Registrar Rakesh Pandit sent the matter before the court for framing of issues after Tharoor, Goswami and the TV channel by way of affidavits endorsed the documents and the annexures filed by each of them along with the civil suit. Tharoor, Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram, had filed the civil defamation suit against Goswami and Republic TV claiming damages and compensation of Rs 2 crore for allegedly making defamatory remarks against him while airing news relating to the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Justice Manmohan had, however, refused to restrain the journalist and his news channel from airing news or debates relating to the mysterious death of Tharoor's wife but had said it has to be "tempered and balanced".