Vivek Doval had filed a criminal defamation case against Ramesh and Caravan magazine Editor-in-Chief Paresh Nath and reporter Kaushal Shroff for damaging his reputation.
Besides the former minister of state (coal) in the Vajpayee govt, Special Judge Bharat Parashar also awarded 3-year jail term each to two senior officials of the ministry at that time
Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat directed the Jail Superintendent to ensure that the accused was allowed to step out of his jail as per the rules and to ensure that the court did not receive any such complaints in future
