The RA Court of Appeals today rejected the suit brought by Hetq reporter Grisha Balasanyan seeking to overturn a lower court ruling involving MP Ruben Hayrapetyan.
The Avan and Nor Nork Administrative Court has rejected the suit brought by Hetq reporter Grisha Balasanyan against MP Ruben Hayrapetyan.
Hayrapetyan’s lawyer, Gevorg Gevorgyan, used the opportunity in an attempt to turn the tables on Balasanyan, arguing that the reporter’s suit was another attempt to smear the good name of his client, rather than the pursuit of justice.
The lawyer of MP Ruben Hayrapetyan, being sued by a Hetq reporter for verbal abuse, does not accept the evidence presented by the prosecution in court.
Vahe Grigoryan, the lawyer for Hetq reporter Grisha Balasanyan who initiated a slander suit against MP Ruben Hayrapetyan, predicted today that they won win the case if the court employed the same rationale it used in the case when Hayrapetyan and two other MP’s sued the newspaper Haykakan Zhamanak.