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KOCHARIAN FAMILY VS. JAMANAK DAILY: RULING REMAINS UNCHANGED
epress.am
10.11.2011 16:13
Armenia's Civil Court of Appeal today rejected an appeal by local
daily Jamanak ("Times"), which was contesting an earlier court ruling
issued on Jun. 6, 2011.
This news was conveyed to Epress.am by Sargis Grigoryan, the attorney
representing the Kocharian family.
Earlier this year, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and
Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan had mandated the
newspaper to pay 3 million drams (about $8,000 US) in compensation
to Bella and Sedrak Kocharian (the wife and son of former Armenian
president Robert Kocharian, respectively) for publishing material
damaging to the family's honor and dignity. (Note, the plaintiffs had
asked for 6 million drams - 3 million in compensation and 3 million
for court expenses - but the judge satisfied this demand only in part.)
The Kocharian family had sued Jamanak for 3 articles published last
September and October which implicated them in a case of alleged
embezzlement.
epress.am
10.11.2011 16:13
Armenia's Civil Court of Appeal today rejected an appeal by local
daily Jamanak ("Times"), which was contesting an earlier court ruling
issued on Jun. 6, 2011.
This news was conveyed to Epress.am by Sargis Grigoryan, the attorney
representing the Kocharian family.
Earlier this year, the Court of General Jurisdiction of Kentron and
Nork-Marash Administrative Districts of Yerevan had mandated the
newspaper to pay 3 million drams (about $8,000 US) in compensation
to Bella and Sedrak Kocharian (the wife and son of former Armenian
president Robert Kocharian, respectively) for publishing material
damaging to the family's honor and dignity. (Note, the plaintiffs had
asked for 6 million drams - 3 million in compensation and 3 million
for court expenses - but the judge satisfied this demand only in part.)
The Kocharian family had sued Jamanak for 3 articles published last
September and October which implicated them in a case of alleged
embezzlement.