Author of retracted BMJ paper is ordered to pay $C1.6m to Canadian broadcaster

Ranjit Kumar Chandra, the doctor accused of fraud and financial deception by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), has been ordered to pay the broadcaster just over $C1.6m (£0.8m; €1.1m; $US1.2m) in costs after losing the court case he brought against it this summer.1

Chandra, who has been awarded a slew of prestigious honours, including the Order of Canada, sued CBC for $C137m for defamation and invasion of privacy after it …