Almost a week ago, we reported on the whole Sohail Javed vs Jami fiasco that had been going on, for a month.
on February 18, Sohail Javed decided to take Jami to court over sexual harassment allegations. The former said that the latter had falsely accused him of sexual harassment just because Jami decided to read a letter out loud that didn’t even mention any names.
The story behind the letter
The letter reveals how she met the famous director who then took her to his apartment and later on, raped her. The victim then went on to share the trauma following the assault and how she coped with her.
Updates on the case
Jami’s legal team released a press release yesterday that stated that Jami will “contest legal proceedings against him, with full fervour as the Court passed an interim order dated 26.03.2019 for both the parties to maintain status quo.”
The statement further mentioned that the Court on the 5th hearing of the case observed that no one had been named or identified in the social media post under litigation and that the Plaintiff had taken it upon himself to institute proceedings against Jami. In simpler words, the court reaffirmed our notion of Chor ki darhi main tinka.
Anyway moving on, towards the end of the release, Jami’s legal team mentioned that they have full faith in our justice system, and the court order further instills their faith in the sanctity of truth.
“This is just the beginning of our fight for the countless victims of sexual abuse who suffer in silence. The victims have reposed their faith in the Court after yesterday’s Court Order and they are now coming forward in public and will also now initiate their own legal proceedings against their predator. Moreover, the truth is a defence to defamation and we will take this opportunity provided to us by Sohail Javed to unveil the truth in the legal proceedings initiated against Jami. We will further continue to fight for a just, safe and an inclusive Pakistan,” the statement further read.
As for Sohail Javed, in a statement to ET, he said, “Let me be very clear on this: I will not drop the case. We have been asked to maintain status quo. I’m just practicing my legal right. The other party is claiming that there weren’t any names taken but it was a very direct hit.” Guess, we’ll take Mr. Javed’s word for it. If he thinks the letter referred to him then we are no one to deny that, right?
The next hearing is on the 6th of April. Let’s wait and see how the situation unfolds.
