New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to transfer Essar Steel India Ltd’s Rs.250 crore defamation suit against Delhi-based magazine The Caravan.

Caravan’s publisher—Delhi Press Patra Prakashan Ltd—had moved the apex court seeking to transfer the case out of an Ahmedabad city court to a Delhi court in August. This came after Essar Steel sued Caravan for its August edition cover titled Purchasing Power—How Essar Wields Influence Over Indian Government and Finance and a story Doing the Needful: Essar’s Industry of Influence. Essar claimed that at least on 12 counts, the story caused harm to the reputation of the company and the promoter Ruia family. It further claimed that the story did not contain “fair and accurate reporting” and was as such defamatory.