Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge Against Madras HC Order On Defamation Case Against Edappadi K. Palaniswami And O Panneerselvam
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Supreme Court Dismisses Challenge Against Madras HC Order On Defamation Case Against Edappadi K. Palaniswami And O Panneerselvam

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The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging Madras High Court's order of quashing defamation proceedings against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami and former party leader O. Panneerselvam.The plea was filed by VA Pugazhendi, former spokesperson of the AIADMK party, who had filed a defamation case against Edappadi K. Palaniswami. The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging Madras High Court's order of quashing defamation proceedings against All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami and former party leader O. Panneerselvam. The plea was filed by VA Pugazhendi, former spokesperson of the AIADMK party, who had filed a defamation case against Edappadi K. Palaniswami and O. Panneerselvam after he was expelled from the party. The Madras High Court in its order had observed that the petitioner's primary grievance was with respect to the manner in which he was expelled and that could not be remedied through a defamation case.

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New Indian Express  

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A Delhi Court on Tuesday dismissed a criminal complaint filed by former Union Minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor over allegations of defamation. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal refused to summon Tharoor in the case and said that prima facie, no ingredients of defamation was made out. BJP leader Chandrasekhar had filed the defamation …

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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India Today  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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4 months ago

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New Indian Express  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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TN Speaker Appavu Challenges Defamation Complaint Against AIADMK Spokesperson

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6 months, 1 week ago

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New Indian Express  

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Setback for CM Kejriwal: Delhi HC rejects plea to dismiss BJP defamation case over ’Baniya, Muslim names removed’ remark
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Live Mint  

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Edappadi Palaniswami appears before special court in a defamation case filed by Dayanidhi Maran
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Edappadi Palaniswami appears before special court in a defamation case filed by Dayanidhi Maran

The Hindu  

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Live Law  

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Hindu  

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Live Law  

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Take criminal defamation complaint against Speaker Appavu on file, Madras High Court directs Principal Sessions Court
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Take criminal defamation complaint against Speaker Appavu on file, Madras High Court directs Principal Sessions Court

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has directed the Principal Sessions Court in Chennai to take on file a private complaint lodged by an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam office-bearer accusing Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Speaker M. Appavu of having committed the offence of criminal defamation. Justice G. Jayachandran also directed the principal sessions court to proceed further with the complaint …

Madras High Court Disposes Plea To Permanently Debar Congress Leader Manickam Tagore From Contesting Any Election In Tamil Nadu
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Madras High Court Disposes Plea To Permanently Debar Congress Leader Manickam Tagore From Contesting Any Election In Tamil Nadu

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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India TV News  

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

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New Indian Express  

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Madras HC restricts expelled AIADMK leader O Paneerselvam from using party's letterhead, symbol
1 year ago

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Hindustan Times  

In yet another legal victory for All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam general secretary E Palaniswami, the Madras High Court on Monday restricted expelled AIADMK leader O Paneerselvam from using the party's official letterhead, flag and symbol, ‘two leaves’. O Paneerselvam A division bench comprising Justices R Mahadevan and Mohammed Shaffiq dismissed the three appeals filed by OPS on January …

Madras HC restrains expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam from using party symbol, letterhead
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Madras HC restrains expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam from using party symbol, letterhead

New Indian Express  

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1 year ago

SC Stays Trial Court Proceedings In Hate-Speech Case Against TN BJP Chief K Annamalai

ABP News  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in a criminal case lodged against Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai for allegedly delivering a hate speech against Christians in an interview to a YouTube channel in October 2022 with regard to bursting firecrackers. Senior advocate Siddharth Luthra and advocate Sai Deepak, appearing in the court on behalf of Annamalai, showed …

PM Modi's degree: Gujarat HC rejects pleas by Kejriwal, Singh to quash summons in criminal defamation case
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PM Modi's degree: Gujarat HC rejects pleas by Kejriwal, Singh to quash summons in criminal defamation case

New Indian Express  

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Friday dismissed pleas by Aam Aadmi Party leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh to quash the summons issued against them in a criminal defamation case over their comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's educational qualification. Through their pleas, Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal and AAP's Rajya Sabha member Singh had challenged the summons by a …

Supreme Court Rejects Congress MLA K Babu's Objections To Maintainability Of Election Petition Filed By CPI(M) Leader M Swaraj
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Supreme Court Rejects Congress MLA K Babu's Objections To Maintainability Of Election Petition Filed By CPI(M) Leader M Swaraj

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the petition filed by K Babu, Congress MLA from Kerala, challenging the maintainability of the election petition filed by CPI leader M Swaraj in the Kerala High Court challenging the former's election from Thrippunithura constituency in the 2021 assembly elections.Babu had approached the Supreme Court challenging the Kerala High Court's. The Supreme Court on …

Relief for AIADMK Secy Edappadi K Palaniswami; SC stays criminal defamation proceedings against him
1 year, 2 months ago

Relief for AIADMK Secy Edappadi K Palaniswami; SC stays criminal defamation proceedings against him

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: In a significant order giving major relief to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, the Supreme Court in its order on Friday stayed the criminal defamation proceedings initiated by ex-AIADMK leader and Member of Parliament, KC Palanisamy against him. Former Attorney General of India, senior Supreme Court lawyer and noted legal expert, Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for …

Allahabad HC Quashes Defamation Case Filed By Ex-District Judge Against Aroon Purie Over News Item On Bail To Ex-UP Minister In Rape Case
1 year, 2 months ago

Allahabad HC Quashes Defamation Case Filed By Ex-District Judge Against Aroon Purie Over News Item On Bail To Ex-UP Minister In Rape Case

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently quashed a criminal defamation case against Aroon Purie, Chairman and Director of TV Today Network Ltd. #JustIN | #AllahabadHighCourt QUASHES Criminal #Defamation Case against Chairman & Director of TV Today Network Ltd. Aroon Purie filed by a former UP District Judge concerning a 2017 article related to grant of bail to Ex-UP Minister Gayatri Prajapati …

Delhi Court Dismisses Ashok Gehlot's Appeal Against Defamation Plea
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi Court Dismisses Ashok Gehlot's Appeal Against Defamation Plea

News 18  

A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal filed by former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot against his summoning in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Additional Sessions Judge M K Nagpal rejected Gehlot’s appeal, filed against an order passed by a magisterial court, saying that the order did not suffer from any factual mistake, …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 3 to December 10, 2023
1 year, 3 months ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: December 3 to December 10, 2023

Live Law  

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Supreme Court Dismisses TN Anti-Corruption Agency's Plea For Fresh Probe Against Ex-CM Palaniswami In Highway Tender Scam Case
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Dismisses TN Anti-Corruption Agency's Plea For Fresh Probe Against Ex-CM Palaniswami In Highway Tender Scam Case

Live Law  

A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma was hearing a special leave petition by the anti-corruption directorate against the high court's decision to dismiss a plea seeking an investigation into the role of the former chief minister in the alleged scam. The DVAC, in a November 28 letter, requested the Supreme Court Registrar to allocate the …

TS HC Dismisses Petition Alleging Suppression of FIR Information by Srinivas Goud
1 year, 3 months ago

TS HC Dismisses Petition Alleging Suppression of FIR Information by Srinivas Goud

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A division bench of Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti on Friday dismissed a writ petition filed by Chaluvagali Raghavendra Raju, complainant before the returning officer of Mahbubnagar, claiming that minister V. Srinivas Goud had suppressed information pertaining to an FIR registered against him in his election affidavid. A case was registered …

SC to Hear Naidu's FIR Quash Plea on Skill Scam After Diwali Vacation
1 year, 4 months ago

SC to Hear Naidu's FIR Quash Plea on Skill Scam After Diwali Vacation

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Supreme Court would deliver its verdict on Telugu Desam president and former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s FIR quash petition in the AP skill development scam case after Diwali vacation. A division bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela Trivedi heard Naidu’s petition on Thursday against the AP high court’s recent order rejecting anticipatory bail in the AP …

SC dismisses plea against transfer of Gyanvapi case from one court to another in HC
1 year, 4 months ago

SC dismisses plea against transfer of Gyanvapi case from one court to another in HC

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee's plea challenging the Allahabad High Court chief justice's administrative decision to withdraw the Gyanvapi case from a single-judge bench hearing it since 2021. "Dismissed," a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra said after hearing the submissions of senior …

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