Court dismisses Zee News employee's complaint against Jindal

A Delhi court has dismissed a complaint of a cameraperson of a news channel against Congress MP Naveen Jindal for allegedly hurting him and attempting to damage his camera at a press conference here last year.
The court rejected the complaint saying video clipping of the alleged incident, produced by complainant Zee News cameraperson Shiv Shankar Yadav, does not show that he was slapped and the visuals only revealed that he was pushed by Jindal.
"If carefully observed, the video clipping does not depict that complainant (Yadav) was slapped at all or that the camera was deliberately attempted to be destroyed by mischief.

"All that is revealed from the video is that accused (Jindal) pushed the complainant," Metropolitan Magistrate Vijeta Singh said.
"Every individual has a right whether or not to be covered by the media and the instance of the like under consideration is a professional hazard of the complainant," the court said.