#MeToo movement: When Vinta Nanda’s lawyer Dhruti Kapadia’s scathing statement saved the day

At the moment, Vinta Nanda is locked in a legal tussle with Alok Nath on many fronts. The last hearing was at Mumbai’s Dindoshi Sessions Court where Alok’s plea to prohibiting Vinta from speaking to the media about her ordeal was rejected. While this came to light recently, now there is information on how the tide turned in favour of the writer and producer.

In a three hour heated debate in court, Vinta’s lawyer Dhruti Kapadia clinched the case in her favour when she made a rather scathing statement.As reported by Spotboye, when Alok’s lawyer Ashok Saraogi questioned whether the pain she experienced was from an assault or whether it was just hangover. To this, Kapadia promptly replied that everyone where it pains when a woman is subjected to rape, so what was the point of discussing it. Apparently, it was this line that really decided the case in Vinta’s favour.

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