New Delhi, Sept. 21 -- Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has confirmed its earlier interim injunctions in a civil defamation case concerning businessman Hari Shankar Tibrewal, observing that certain publications allegedly portraying him as a "Hawala Trader", a "key figure in stock market manipulation scheme" and a "shadowy titan in a financial underworld" prima facie attributed criminality to him.

The court observed that such projection of guilt could prejudice the plaintiff and interfere with the administration of justice.

"Such projection of guilt is a trial outside the Trial Court and may create prejudice against the plaintiff and interfere with the administration of justice," the court observed.

The court was considering an application se...