King's / Queen's Bench Division of the High Court
KB-2022-003483 - [2025] EWHC 1912 (KB)
Fecha: 25-Jul-2025
The 28 October 2021 press conference
The 28 October 2021 press conference
On 28 October 2021, Mr Sabeel held a press conference at the Central Press club in the AJK capital, Muzaffarabad, at which he made a number of serious allegations relating to the conduct of the First and Second Claimants. This was shortly after he had been released from prison. The press conference was widely reported by news channels in AJK.
- Heading
- Introduction
- The evidence before the Court
- The uncontentious facts
- The Defendant
- The 28 October 2021 press conference
- The videos
- The words complained of
- The Short Video
- The legal framework
- Serious harm
- Publication on a matter of public interest
- Damages
- Injunctive relief
- Publishing a summary of the judgment
- Defamatory meaning
- The Claimants’ case
- Analysis and conclusions
- Fact or opinion and defamatory at common law
- Serious harm
- Analysis and conclusions
- Publication on a matter of public interest
- The submissions
- Analysis and conclusions
- Remedies
- Injunctive relief
- Summary of the judgment
- Conclusions