A civil courtroom docket in Bengaluru has constrained IPS officer D Roopa and almost 60 media homes from publishing “fake and defamatory” statements in opposition to IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri. The Karnataka bureaucrats had been engaged in a public spat over “personal pics”. D Roopa, who shared personal pix of Ms Sindhuri on social media, claimed that Ms Sindhuri had violated provider behavior regulations via way of means of sending her pix to male IAS officials. D Roopa alleged that Ms Sindhuri had shared them with 3 IAS officials in 2021 and 2022.
The public squabbling blew out of proportion, with the 2 officials being transferred with out posting. D Roopa`s husband Munish Moudgil, an IAS officer himself, become additionally transferred.
D Roopa become eliminated as Managing Director of the Karnataka Handicrafts Development Corporation and Ms Sindhuri because the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious Institutions and Charitable Endowment Department.
The civil courtroom docket these days issued a summons and a limit order to one of the media homes which had filed a caveat earlier. The media residence and D Roopa were ordered to report their objections on March 7, 2023. The ultimate media homes were given time until March 17 to report their objections.
“It is likewise observed that each the plaintiff and defendant No.60 (D Roopa) are typically the general public servants protecting notably accountable submit below the Government. The Service Rules regulating their behavior can not be undermined. Unfortunately, the behavior of public servants had invoked the jurisdiction of the Civil Court. As such at this level it’s far observed that issuance of TI in opposition to defendant No.60 could now no longer come withinside the behavior and discharge of responsibilities and capabilities of a public servant,” the courtroom docket order read.
“Hence, emergent word of TI will be issued to defendant No.60. At the equal time, it’s far made clean that plaintiff shall restrain herself from publishing or circulating any statements or expressions or perspectives regarding the situation count number of this suit. It is likewise observed from the information that defendant No.three has filed a Caveat,” the courtroom docket added.
In the highly publicised spat, D Roopa additionally levelled corruption allegations in opposition to Ms Sindhuri who claimed that the previous become walking a “fake, private vilification campaign” in opposition to her.