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One free scan finds every outdated or missing driver and matches the right update for your exact hardware.Free scan · exact hardware matchThe Bombay High Court disposed of Saifee Hospital Trust’s defamation suit against trainee doctor Dr Asiya Khan Luqman after the parties settled. The ₹125 crore was the amount the hospital sought in damages—not an award to the hospital. The court recorded consent terms on October 1, 2026, and the settlement report was published on October 3.
What the court recorded
Hindustan Times reported that Luqman told the court she was willing to remove her posts and issue an unconditional apology, while the trust said it was prepared to withdraw the suit. On October 1, the Bombay High Court recorded the parties’ consent terms and noted that they had signed them without influence or coercion. The court then disposed of the suit. The available report does not set out the full consent terms.
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The court also directed social-media users who had republished Luqman’s posts to remove them within 36 hours. Hindustan Times quoted Justice Arif Doctor as saying: “All the tweets and the publications pertain to the hospital and, in my view, are per se defamatory in nature”. That reported remark concerns the publications; it should not be read as a ruling establishing whether the workplace allegations were true.
What Luqman said in her apology
In a statement on X published on Friday, Luqman said the posts had been removed, apologized to Saifee Hospital for the harm, reputational damage and distress caused, and undertook not to repeat or circulate similar statements concerning the hospital. Hindustan Times reproduced her statement as follows:
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“I sincerely apologise to Saifee Hospital for publishing all of the posts and for the harm, reputational damage and distress caused to Saifee Hospital thereby. I confirm that all of the said posts have been removed and I hereby undertake not to repeat, publish, circulate or disseminate the said statements or any similar statements concerning Saifee Hospital in the future”
How the dispute arose
Saifee Hospital Trust, which manages Saifee Hospital at Charni Road, sued over social-media posts alleging illegal working hours, ragging, torture and mental harassment of medical trainees. The trust described the posts as false and alleged they were intended to pressure the hospital over personal demands. It also raised allegations about unauthorized leave and failures of duty affecting departmental functioning and patient care. These were the trust’s claims, as reported by Hindustan Times.
Luqman disputed the trust’s account. In an affidavit reported on September 25, she denied publishing most of the posts and said one post on X dated July 2 was hers. She said she wrote it out of desperation because her grievances had not been addressed. She also alleged that she was routinely required to work from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. without a weekly day off and was mistreated by a second-year resident. Those are her allegations, not findings established by the settlement report.
Key dates in the case
- Early September 2026: The trust filed its suit, seeking ₹125 crore in damages over the posts.
- September 22: Luqman submitted the affidavit disputing authorship of most posts and setting out her account of the dispute.
- September 23: The settlement report says Luqman offered to remove the posts and apologize.
- October 1: The High Court recorded the consent terms and disposed of the suit.
- October 3: Hindustan Times reported the disposal and reproduced Luqman’s statement.
The stages matter: the ₹125 crore was claimed as damages; the settlement was recorded as consent terms; and the suit was disposed of. The available reporting describes a settlement, not a trial deciding the truth of either side’s account of working conditions or conduct.
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