CN Sharma, wife win defamation case against NTN

CN Sharma and his wife Savitree Singh of CNS Channel Six were granted judgement in their favour by Justice Jainarayan Singh Jnr in the high court matter against Chandra Prasad-Narine and Anand Persaud of National Television Network (NTN).

The matter concluded yesterday with Sharma being awarded $500,000 and Singh $2.5 million.

The couple sued NTN’s management in 1997 after the station repeatedly aired programmes which contained defamatory remarks made by a senior People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government official, Clinton Collymore at a public meeting at Grove, East Bank Demerara sponsored by the PPP.
The Sharmas were represented by attorney-at-law Nigel Hughes.

NTN was represented by attorney Anil Nandlall.

Sharma also recently won a libel case against Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud.