DUSHANBE, July 1, 2013, Asia-Plus — The Appeals Board of Tajikistan Higher Economic Court has upheld the Dushanbe Economic Court’s verdict over a counterclaim filed by lawyer Fayzinisso Vohidova against Tojiron Company.
Ms. Vohidova denounced the ruling and vowed to appeal to international judicial bodies.
We will recall that the Dushanbe Economic Court has thrown down the counterclaim filed by Ms. Fayzinisso Vohidova against Tojiron Company for 100,000 somoni in damages.
The Dushanbe Economic Court is considering a case pitting Tojiron Company against the
Imrouz News
(News Today) newspaper and Ms. Fayziniso Vohidova, a lawyer from Sughd province. Tojiron Company filed a libel lawsuit against
Imrouz News
and Ms. Fayziniso Vohidova in late February, asking for 1.00 somoni from the newspaper and 50,000 somoni from Ms. Fayziniso Vohidova as compensation for moral damage that was caused by an article published by the newspaper.
The lawsuit stems from an article “Murdafurushi dar Shirkati Tojiron” that was published in the newspaper on January 17. The article was about a fatal traffic accident, involving one of Tojiron’s gasoline tankers, which took place on the Dushanbe-Khujand highway.
Meanwhile, editorial staff of
Imrouz News
noted that they published a disclaimer 15 days after the article was published.
On March 29, a judge at the Dushanbe Economic Court offered Tojiron Company and Ms. Fayziniso Vohidova to come to an amicable agreement, but Inoyat Inoyatov, who is representing Tojiron Company in the trial, refused the amicable agreement.
On April 19, Ms. Fayziniso Vohidova filed the counterclaim against Tojiron Company for 100,000 somoni in damages. According to her, she filed the counterclaim against the company, asking for 100,000 somoni as compensation for moral damage that was caused by an article published by Tojiron on January 30. “In this article, the company casts doubt on my professionalism,” the lawyer said.
