Ahmedabad, Sept. 24 -- A Gandhinagar sessions court on Thursday granted regular bail to journalist Ravi Nair, who was sent to judicial custody a week ago after a non-bailable warrant was issued against him in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL).

Principal district and sessions judge Ashish JS Malhotra allowed Nair's regular bail application on Thursday.

Nair was taken into custody on September 17 after the court rejected his plea seeking cancellation of the warrant issued over his failure to remain personally present during a hearing in his appeal against his conviction.

The case followed a complaint filed by AEL, the Adani Group's flagship company, alleging that the accused published and disseminated a seri...