City public prosecutor M L Jegan filed the complaint on behalf of Jayalalithaa, before the principal sessions court here. It was contrary to truth, said the complaint which has raised the usual grounds cited in such criminal defamation proceedings. RELATED STORIES Court summons Karunanidhi in defamation caseKRK deletes mean tweet post defamation caseChitrangada Singh likely to face defamation case! Last week, governor K Rosaiah had also filed a defamation case against the TNCC president for making such remarks. "There has to be tolerance to criticism ... defamation cases cannot be used as a political counter weapon.

Source: Times of India August 24, 2016 06:31 UTC