Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells SC |IndiaTV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells SC |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells Supreme Court New Delhi: The provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.The Ministry of Home Affairs in its New Delhi: The provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. The Centre's submission came in response to the notice issued by the apex court on a batch of petitions filed by political leaders including Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minster Arvind Kejriwal, challenging the constitutional validity of penal provisions on defamation. "It should be erased from statute books as there is a civil remedy for filing a defamation suit under which the courts could award damages," the leaders had contended. Furthermore, with the advent of new forms of technology, acts like online defamation cannot be adequately countered by means of civil remedies."

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Defamation case against V K Saxena: Court junks Medha Patkar's plea for new witness
1 day, 18 hours ago

Defamation case against V K Saxena: Court junks Medha Patkar's plea for new witness

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed a plea of activist Medha Patkar to examine a new witness in her 2000 defamation case against Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena and said the judicial process couldn't be "held hostage to such tactics". Defamation case against V K Saxena: Court junks Medha Patkar's plea for new witness The Narmada Bachao …

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation
1 week ago

Delhi High Court Orders Take Down Of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's 'Defamatory' Video On Sadhguru, Isha Foundation

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the take down of YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh's recent, allegedly defamatory YouTube video on Isha Foundation and its founder spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.The video titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What's happening in Jaggi Vasudev's Ashram” was uploaded by Singh on his YouTube channel on February 24 and he shared it on his 'X' page. …

What is defamation in India? IPC Sections & notable cases
3 weeks, 5 days ago

What is defamation in India? IPC Sections & notable cases

The Hindu  

Defamation refers to speaking or writing words, making signs, or publishing any information against someone with an intention to harm the said party. A defamation case is formed when the statement reveals identity, harms reputation, has demonstrably false statements, and intentions are proved. Libel refers to defamatory statements made in a permanent form, such as written words, images, or published …

What is defamation in India? IPC Sections & notable cases
3 weeks, 5 days ago

What is defamation in India? IPC Sections & notable cases

The Hindu  

Defamation refers to speaking or writing words, making signs, or publishing any information against someone with an intention to harm the said party. A defamation case is formed when the statement reveals identity, harms reputation, has demonstrably false statements, and intentions are proved. Libel refers to defamatory statements made in a permanent form, such as written words, images, or published …

Court bins AAP leader Satyendar Jain’s defamation complaint against BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Court bins AAP leader Satyendar Jain’s defamation complaint against BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj

The Hindu  

A Delhi court on Thursday dismissed a defamation complaint filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Satyendar Jain against Bhartiya Janata Party MP Bansuri Swaraj. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Neha Mittal of the Rouse Avenue Court dismissed the complaint and said that there does not exist sufficient grounds for taking cognisance of the offence punishable under Section 356 of the BNS. …

Senior's reprimand at workplace not criminal offence, Supreme Court rules
1 month ago

Senior's reprimand at workplace not criminal offence, Supreme Court rules

India Today  

Senior's admonition at the workplace does not amount to an "intentional insult" requiring criminal proceedings, the Supreme Court has held. The top court said allowing criminal charges to be pressed against individuals in such cases may lead to disastrous consequences, crippling the entire disciplinary atmosphere required in the workplace. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta said that …

Thin skin, sealed lips
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Thin skin, sealed lips

Times of India  

Criminal defamation law injures free speech, as a Delhi court noted. In 2023, the most high-profile such case saw a Surat court convict Rahul Gandhi for a remark made four years earlier, plus give him the maximum sentence of two years imprisonment, which set off his disqualification from Lok Sabha. But when a common citizen stands similarly accused, after she’s …

Delhi court dismisses Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s defamation case against Shashi Tharoor
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi court dismisses Rajeev Chandrasekhar’s defamation case against Shashi Tharoor

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A court on Tuesday dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by former Union minister and BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar against Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, saying the case failed to establish “any ingredient of defamation.” Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal refused to summon Tharoor, rejecting Chandrasekhar’s allegations that the Congress leader made false and damaging remarks on national …

Delhi Court Rejects BJP Leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Congress's Shashi Tharoor
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Court Rejects BJP Leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar's Criminal Defamation Complaint Against Congress's Shashi Tharoor

Live Law  

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 …

Allegations Of Ruling Party Misusing Investigating Agencies Part Of Freedom Of Political Speech, Not Defamation: Delhi Court
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Allegations Of Ruling Party Misusing Investigating Agencies Part Of Freedom Of Political Speech, Not Defamation: Delhi Court

Live Law  

A Delhi Court on Tuesday observed that the allegations of political corruption, poaching of politicians or misuse of investigating agencies by the ruling dispensation against political opponents are part of freedom of political speech and won't amount to defamation per se.Special judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts said that each political formation is known to project its own vision. …

Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against News 1 Kannada's Anchor & Head Of News
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Case Against News 1 Kannada's Anchor & Head Of News

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed criminal defamation proceedings initiated against a News Anchor and Head of News-1 Kannada TV channel based on the complaint filed by a police sub-inspector. Further, it was stated that the accused persons are working as News Anchor and Head of News-1 Kannada TV channel, on which, the said news is said to have been …

Rahul Gandhi defamation case: SC stays criminal proceedings over alleged remarks against Amit Shah
2 months ago

Rahul Gandhi defamation case: SC stays criminal proceedings over alleged remarks against Amit Shah

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal defamation proceedings against Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for his alleged remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Appearing for Mr. Gandhi, senior advocate A.M. Singhvi and advocate Prasanna S., argued that the defamation proceedings were in breach of at least seven Supreme Court judgments which have held that …

SC stays defamation proceedings against Rahul Gandhi over remarks on Amit Shah
2 months ago

SC stays defamation proceedings against Rahul Gandhi over remarks on Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed defamation proceedings against Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a 2018 defamation case pending before a Jharkhand court for calling Union home minister Amit Shah, who was then the BJP president, a “murder accused”. A bench headed by justice Vikram Nath issued notice on Gandhi’s appeal challenging the order of the Jharkhand high court in …

Sandeep Dikshit files Rs 10 crore defamation lawsuit against Atishi, Sanjay Singh in Delhi HC, notices issued
2 months ago

Sandeep Dikshit files Rs 10 crore defamation lawsuit against Atishi, Sanjay Singh in Delhi HC, notices issued

India TV News  

Senior Delhi Congress leader and candidate from the New Delhi Assembly seat, Sandeep Dikshit has filed civil and criminal defamation lawsuits against Chief Minister Atishi and MP Sanjay Singh and other Aam Aadmi Party leaders. Notices issued to Atishi, Sanjay Singh Advocate Sarim Javed appeared before the Delhi High Court for Plaintiff Sandeep Dikshit. Meanwhile, in a related criminal defamation …

Defamation case politically motivated, says BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj
2 months ago

Defamation case politically motivated, says BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The defamation case filed by former Delhi minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain against BJP MP Bansuri Swaraj took a contentious turn as Swaraj’s counsel argued in Rouse Avenue Court that the complaint is politically driven. Representing Swaraj, Advocate Siddhesh Kotwal contended that the defamation complaint was a strategic move aimed at electoral politics, accusing Jain of leveraging …

Threshold high in political defamation: Delhi CM Atishi to court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Threshold high in political defamation: Delhi CM Atishi to court

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Atishi, accused in a defamation case, on Monday informed a court that the threshold in political defamation cases was high as electoral parties were subjects of public discourse. Threshold high in political defamation: Delhi CM Atishi to court Senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, representing the CM, made the submission before Special Judge Vishal Gogne while arguing …

Filing Complaint Against A Person Before Lawful Authority Does Not Attract The Offence Of Defamation: Kerala High Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Filing Complaint Against A Person Before Lawful Authority Does Not Attract The Offence Of Defamation: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court while quashing a case of defamation, observed that the complaint filed in the present case before a lawful authority which was enquired by it, will not attract an offence under Section 500 IPC. "Admittedly, in this case, a complaint is filed before the Chief Minister and before the Director of Pariyaram Medical College, where the 1st …

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy
4 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy

Live Law  

The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam found R. Ajithkumar, Associate Editor of Mangalam Publication and K. K. Sunil Staff Reporter guilty of defamation under Section 500 of IPC in a defamation case filed by former Kerala State Chief Secretary Tom Jose IAS. The Court sentenced both of them to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 4 months. Mangalam publications …

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy
4 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy

Live Law  

The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam found R. Ajithkumar, Associate Editor of Mangalam Publication and K. K. Sunil Staff Reporter guilty of defamation under Section 500 of IPC in a defamation case filed by former Kerala State Chief Secretary Tom Jose IAS. The Court sentenced both of them to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 4 months. Mangalam publications …

Nashik court summons Rahul Gandhi in defamation case over remarks on Savarkar
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Nashik court summons Rahul Gandhi in defamation case over remarks on Savarkar

The Hindu  

A court in Maharashtra's Nashik district has summoned Congress MP Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed against him for his alleged objectionable remarks against Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Nashik, Deepali Parimal Kaduskar, issued a process to Mr. Gandhi on September 27, noting that the "statement made against a patriotic person prima-facie seems to be …

Defamation case: SC relief for AAP leaders
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Defamation case: SC relief for AAP leaders

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Monday stayed criminal defamation proceedings against Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal and Delhi chief minister Atishi in a case related to a statement made in 2018 that accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of facilitating the alleged deletion of 3 million voters from electoral rolls ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal …

Defamation case: SC to hear Kejriwal's plea against summons on Monday
7 months, 1 week ago

Defamation case: SC to hear Kejriwal's plea against summons on Monday

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday a plea of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging a Delhi High Court order upholding the summons issued to him in a criminal defamation case for retweeting an allegedly defamatory video circulated by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in May 2018. Kejriwal had on February 26 told the apex court that he …

Defamatory Statements In Pleadings Or Petitions Amount To Publication Under Section 499 IPC: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Defamatory Statements In Pleadings Or Petitions Amount To Publication Under Section 499 IPC: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has ruled that defamatory statements made in court pleadings amount to publication and can form the basis for the prosecution of such client for an offence under Section 499. The matter had reached the Srinagar Chief Judicial Magistrate when the respondent filed a complaint in Srinagar, alleging defamation based on the statements …

Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi appears in UP court in defamation case over remarks on Amit Shah
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi appears in UP court in defamation case over remarks on Amit Shah

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the MP-MLA court on Friday for a defamation case hearing. Sultanpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on his way to appear at a district court in connection with a defamation case, in Sultanpur, Friday, July 26, 2024. The case dates back to 2018, when BJP leader Vijay Mishra accused Rahul Gandhi of derogatory comments during …

Calcutta High Court Admits Bengal Governor's Defamation Suit Against CM Mamata Banerjee, Says No Defamatory Remarks Shall Be Made In The Meantime
8 months, 1 week ago

Calcutta High Court Admits Bengal Governor's Defamation Suit Against CM Mamata Banerjee, Says No Defamatory Remarks Shall Be Made In The Meantime

Live Law  

The Calcutta High Court has admitted a defamation suit filed by Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, for making allegedly defamatory remarks against the governor in light of recent sexual harrasment allegations against him. A single bench of Justice Krishna Rao admitted the suit for hearing while observing that no defamatory remarks shall be made in …

Delhi High Court Rejects IFS Mahaveer Singhvi's Defamation Suits Against Hindustan Times
9 months ago

Delhi High Court Rejects IFS Mahaveer Singhvi's Defamation Suits Against Hindustan Times

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has recently dismissed two defamation suits filed by 1999 batch IFS Mahaveer Singhvi against Hindustan Times newspaper, both English and Hindi editions, over two news reports published in 2002. Justice Neena Bansal Krishna dismissed the suits and observed that the articles published in the two newspapers were not per se defamatory. In the first suit, Singhvi …

Delhi High Court Restrains Ashneer Grover From Making Defamatory Statements Against BharatPe, Orders Him To Take Down Tweets
1 year ago

Delhi High Court Restrains Ashneer Grover From Making Defamatory Statements Against BharatPe, Orders Him To Take Down Tweets

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Friday restrained the Former Managing Director of BharatPe, Ashneer Grover, from making defamatory and derogatory statements against the fintech company or its office bearers or officials. The court also directed Economics Times to take down its article published recently based on Ashneer Grover's letters written to the RBI Chairman. BharatPe moved a fresh application alleging …

Arvind Kejriwal apologises in Supreme Court after retweeting defamatory video of propagandist YouTuber Dhruv Rathee
1 year ago

Arvind Kejriwal apologises in Supreme Court after retweeting defamatory video of propagandist YouTuber Dhruv Rathee

Op India  

Delhi Chief Minister, and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal told the Supreme Court on Monday, February 26, that he made a mistake by retweeting a defamatory video posted by propagandist German YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018. Following this statement by Arvind Kejriwal’s lawyer, the Supreme Court restrained a trial court not to take any coercive steps against the Delhi …

Made Mistake by Retweeting Video: Delhi CM Kejriwal Tells SC in Defamation Case
1 year ago

Made Mistake by Retweeting Video: Delhi CM Kejriwal Tells SC in Defamation Case

News 18  

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday told the Supreme Court that he made a mistake by retweeting an allegedly defamatory video circulated by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee related to the BJP IT Cell. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, without issuing notice on a plea of Kejriwal challenging a Delhi High Court order which upheld summons issued …

SC quashes criminal defamation case against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav
1 year, 1 month ago

SC quashes criminal defamation case against RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav

Hindustan Times  

The Supreme Court on Tuesday quashed a criminal defamation case against Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav, who was summoned by an Ahmedabad court last year over his alleged offending remarks against Gujaratis. The bench, while hearing the RJD leader’s plea, earlier stayed the proceedings on the criminal defamation complaint and issued notice to Gujarat resident Haresh Mehta who filed …

Retweeting Defamatory Content Amounts To Defamation: Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash Summons Against Arvind Kejriwal
1 year, 1 month ago

Retweeting Defamatory Content Amounts To Defamation: Delhi High Court Refuses To Quash Summons Against Arvind Kejriwal

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to quash the summons issued against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a criminal defamation case for retweeting an allegedly defamatory video posted by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in 2018. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma held that retweeting defamatory content will attract the offence of defamation under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. …

Law panel recommends to retain criminal defamation as offence
1 year, 1 month ago

Law panel recommends to retain criminal defamation as offence

Hindustan Times  

The 22nd Law Commission has recommended the retention of criminal defamation as an offence within the schemes of criminal laws in the country, emphasising that not all utterances and publications are worthy of protection of the free speech rights. The report has come close on the heels of the Parliament approving the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, which aims to replace …

Law Commission Of India Recommends Retaining Offence Of Criminal Defamation, Says It Deters False & Malicious Statements
1 year, 1 month ago

Law Commission Of India Recommends Retaining Offence Of Criminal Defamation, Says It Deters False & Malicious Statements

Live Law  

In a recent development, the Law Commission of India has recommended in its 285th Report dated January 31, 2024 that the offence of criminal defamation should be retained in the new criminal laws.The Report says that the right to freedom of speech and expression on one hand, and the right to reputation on the other, have to be harmoniously construed …

Criminal defamation, vandalism of public property: What Law Commission recommends
1 year, 1 month ago

Criminal defamation, vandalism of public property: What Law Commission recommends

Hindustan Times  

The Law Commission is of the view that criminal defamation should be retained within the scheme of criminal laws in India as the right to reputation has been guaranteed in the Constitution. The whole jurisprudence around the law on criminal defamation has the essence of protecting one's reputation and its facets," PTI reported citing the Law Commission's report. The Law …

Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Proceedings Against BJP Leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa In Criminal Defamation Case
1 year, 1 month ago

Delhi High Court Refuses To Stay Proceedings Against BJP Leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa In Criminal Defamation Case

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has refused to stay the criminal proceedings against BJP leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa in a criminal defamation case filed by former president of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee, Manjit Singh GK.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma upheld the trial court order passed on November 29 last year which upheld the summons issued to Sirsa by an ACMM …

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 …

PM Modi Degree Row: Gujarat Court Dismisses Arvind Kejriwal's Plea Challenging Criminal Prosecution In Defamation Case
1 year, 3 months ago

PM Modi Degree Row: Gujarat Court Dismisses Arvind Kejriwal's Plea Challenging Criminal Prosecution In Defamation Case

Live Law  

On Friday, a metropolitan court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district on Friday dismissed an application filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal opposing criminal prosecution in the defamation complaint lodged by Gujarat University against him.The complaint has been filed by the Gujarat University over the alleged remarks made by Kejriwal in connection with the academic degree of Prime. On Friday, a …

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, …

Delhi High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Former GGSIPU Dean, Says Accusations Were Made To Authorized Person In Good Faith
1 year, 3 months ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Former GGSIPU Dean, Says Accusations Were Made To Authorized Person In Good Faith

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has quashed a defamation case filed against Dr Suman Gupta, former Professor and Dean, University School of Law and Legal Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, noting that the case fell under exception 8 to Section 499 IPC. The issue had arisen when the complainant/respondent No.1, who was an Assistant Professor of Law at GGSIPU, filed …

Allegations In Complaint Made In Good Faith To Lawful Authority Cannot Attract Offence Of Defamation : Supreme Court
1 year, 7 months ago

Allegations In Complaint Made In Good Faith To Lawful Authority Cannot Attract Offence Of Defamation : Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court quashed a defamation case against a man accused of making defamatory allegations in his complaint before Sub Divisional Magistrate.It is not defamation to prefer in good faith an accusation against any person to any of those who have lawful authority over that person with regard to the subject-matter of accusation, the bench of Justices J B Pardiwala …

Delhi Court Summons Wrestler Bajrang Punia In Criminal Defamation Case Filed By Wrestling Coach
1 year, 7 months ago

Delhi Court Summons Wrestler Bajrang Punia In Criminal Defamation Case Filed By Wrestling Coach

Live Law  

A Delhi Court yesterday summoned the wrestler Bajrang Punia in a criminal defamation case filed by wrestling coach Naresh Dahiya alleging that certain allegedly defamatory remarks were made against him in a press conference related to the protests connected to the sexual harassment allegations against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan. In view of the same, let accused, namely, Bajrang Punia …

Rahul Gandhi To Supreme Court : Criminal Defamation Not A Grave Offence
1 year, 7 months ago

Rahul Gandhi To Supreme Court : Criminal Defamation Not A Grave Offence

Live Law  

Gandhi's new affidavit is filed in rejoinder to the counter-affidavit filed by the complainant in the case BJP MLA Purnesh Ishwarbhai Modi, who has opposed the suspension of conviction. Congress leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi, in his latest affidavit filed in the Supreme Court in his plea to stay the conviction in the criminal defamation case, has asserted that …

Rahul Gandhi moves Supreme Court in defamation case
1 year, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi moves Supreme Court in defamation case

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on July 15 moved the Supreme Court to suspend his conviction in a criminal defamation case in which he said a political speech critical of economic offenders and also of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, made in the course of democratic political activity, has been held to be an act of moral turpitude. Editorial | Dangerously fanciful: …

Dangerously fanciful: The Hindu Editorial on the judiciary, Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and the defamation case
1 year, 8 months ago

Dangerously fanciful: The Hindu Editorial on the judiciary, Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and the defamation case

The Hindu  

The Gujarat High Court order declining to stay the conviction of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case is quite unreasonable and borders on the fanciful. Justice Hemant M. Prachchhak becomes the third judicial authority in Gujarat to rule that Mr. Gandhi, in using the words “Why do all these thieves have Modi as a surname?” in an election …

Rahul Gandhi defamation case | How definite is ‘Modi’ as a ‘collection of persons’?
1 year, 8 months ago

Rahul Gandhi defamation case | How definite is ‘Modi’ as a ‘collection of persons’?

The Hindu  

The fight for relief in the Rahul Gandhi criminal defamation case in the Supreme Court will revolve around the question whether the term ‘Modi’ is an identifiable and definite group or collection of persons. Mr. Gandhi, who faces a two-year sentence for criminal defamation, has argued that “authentic literature shows that the word ‘Modi’ does not indicate any definite or …

An Indian state court won't stay Rahul Gandhi's defamation verdict in a blow to his election hopes
1 year, 8 months ago

An Indian state court won't stay Rahul Gandhi's defamation verdict in a blow to his election hopes

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An Indian state court refused to stay opposition leader Rahul …

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot summoned by Delhi court in defamation case by union minister
1 year, 8 months ago

Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot summoned by Delhi court in defamation case by union minister

India TV News  

Ashok Gehlot summoned: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has been summoned by a Delhi court in a defamation case filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for allegedly making defamatory statements against him in connection with the Rs 900-crore Sanjivani Society scam. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal said the “accused prima facie made defamatory imputations against the complainant, …

Delhi Court Summons Ashok Gehlot in Defamation Complaint by Union Minister Sekhawat
1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi Court Summons Ashok Gehlot in Defamation Complaint by Union Minister Sekhawat

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot in a criminal complaint filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat seeking his prosecution for alleged defamation, saying the Congress leader made imputations knowing and intending to harm his reputation. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal said the accused prima facie made defamatory imputations against the …

Special court takes cognisance of defamation case on ‘corruption rate card’ ad of Congress
1 year, 9 months ago

Special court takes cognisance of defamation case on ‘corruption rate card’ ad of Congress

The Hindu  

The special court in Bengaluru has taken cognisance of the offence of defamation against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly issuing defamatory Preeth J., the judge of the special court of magistrate set up to deal with the criminal cases against former and the present MPs and MLAs from Karnataka, passed …

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