Examining the plea for accepting additional evidence, the Gujarat HC found that the documents Nair wanted to submit were already part of the record. (Express file photo)

The Gujarat High Court (HC) has rejected Ravi Nair’s plea seeking to introduce additional documents in his appeal against a defamation conviction, holding that the material he sought to bring on record was already part of the trial court proceedings.

On November 2, Justice R T Vachhani dismissed Nair’s criminal revision application challenging a July 22 order of the Gandhinagar sessions court, which had rejected his request to produce the documents. The HC, however, clarified that its decision would not affect the pending appeal.

The case originates from a private complaint filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd, alleging that Nair published a series of defamatory posts against the company on Twitter between October 2020 and July 2021.…