1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi High Court Dismisses Tehelka’s Review Against Order Directing It To Pay ₹2 Crore Damages To Former Army Officer For Defamation

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The Delhi High Court has dismissed a plea moved by news magazine Tehelka and its co-founder Aniruddha Bahal seeking review of an order directing them to pay Rs. 2 crores damages to a former Army officer Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation suit filed by the latter in 2002.“There is no error apparent on the face of record nor has the applicants been able to highlight any error or. 2 crores damages to a former Army officer Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation suit filed by the latter in 2002. The court however said that Ahluwalia failed to prove any act of defamation on the part of Zee Telefilm Limited, its former Chairman Subhash Chandra and former Chief Executive Officer Sandeep Goyal.

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"Why Touchy About Comments On Court Proceedings?" Supreme Court On Delhi HC Order To Remove Wikipedia Page On ANI's Defamation Suit

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1 week, 4 days ago

"Why Touchy About Comments On Court Proceedings?" Supreme Court On Delhi HC Order To Remove Wikipedia Page On ANI's Defamation Suit

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a petition filed by Wikimedia Foundation against an order passed by the Delhi High Court directing the removal of a Wikipedia page and discussions related to ongoing defamation proceedings initiated by news agency Asian News International against Wikipedia. In the impugned order, a division bench of Chief Justice Manmohan and Justice Tushar …

1 month, 1 week 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. …

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

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1 month, 3 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 …

1 month, 3 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 …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Issues Notice On BJP Leader's Plea Against Quashing Of Summons Issued To Chief Minister Atishi In Defamation Case

Live Law

BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the quashing of summons issued to Chief Minister Atishi by a trial court in a defamation case filed by him. The defamation case was filed over the claims that Aam Aadmi Party leaders were approached by Bhartiya Janta Party to join them in return of crores of cash.Justice …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

Delhi HC to hear BJP leader's plea against CM Atishi in defamation case on February 3

The Hindu

The Delhi High Court will hear a BJP leader's plea challenging an order dismissing his defamation case against Chief Minister Atishi on Monday. In his plea, Praveen Shankar Kapoor said while rejecting the defamation complaint and quashing the summons issued by a magisterial court, the special judge went "beyond" the scope of his power in law. According to the complaint …

2 months ago

Delhi Court Quashes Summons Issued To Chief Minister Atishi In Defamation Case By BJP Leader

Live Law

A Delhi Court on Tuesday quashed the summons issued to Chief Minister Atishi in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Praveen Shankar Kapoor.The defamation case was filed over the claims that Aam Aadmi Party leaders were approached by Bhartiya Janta Party to join them in return of crores of cash.Special judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts set aside …

2 months ago

Delhi court quashes summons to CM Atishi in defamation case

The Hindu

A Delhi court on Tuesday quashed the summons issued to Chief Minister Atishi in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader. Special Judge Vishal Gogne passed the order on an appeal filed by the AAP leader against an order of a Magisterial Court, which issued summons to Ms. Atishi on the complaint of Praveen Shankar Kapoor. The BJP leader …

2 months ago

Court relief for Atishi as defamation case by BJP leader dismissed

India Today

A Delhi court on Tuesday afternoon dismissed a BJP leader's defamation complaint against Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi, who had been summoned in connection with the case. The case was filed by BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor, who alleged that the Chief Minister's statements regarding the saffron party's alleged attempts to "poach AAP MLAs" caused damage …

2 months, 1 week 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 …

4 months, 1 week ago

Delhi high court summons OpenAI in ANI’s copyright infringement plea

Live Mint

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Tuesday issued summons to US-based OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, in response to a copyright infringement plea filed by news agency ANI. In the first-ever lawsuit against OpenAI in India, ANI claimed that ChatGPT falsely attributed political news to the agency, which could lead to the spread of fake news and potentially cause …

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Defamation Suit: Delhi High Court Issues Summons To Users Who 'Edited' ANI's Wikipedia Page

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued summons to three individuals who allegedly edited the Wikipedia page of news agency Asian News International. Earlier this week, a division bench had disposed of Wikipedia's appeal against the single judge's order, directing it to disclose subscriber details of three individuals, following a consent order between it and ANI. List the application under …

7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

9 months, 1 week 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 …

11 months ago

Lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai withdraws defamation suit against Mahua Moitra on one condition: ’If the former MP says…

Live Mint

Advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai withdrew a defamation case against TMC's former MP Mahua Moitra in the Delhi High Court on Thursday. The defamation case Dehadrai had filed a defamation suit against Moitra, seeking directions to restrain her from making any defamatory allegations against him. The ₹2-crore defamation suit also sought orders against a few media organisations to take down the …

1 year, 1 month 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 …

1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi High Court Seeks Response Of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat On Ashok Gehlot's Plea Against Summons In Defamation Case

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on an appeal filed by Rajasthan's former Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot challenging a trial court order upholding his summoning in a criminal defamation case filed by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought response of Shekhawat within two weeks and listed the matter for hearing next on March 06. …

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, …

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 …

1 year, 4 months ago

Cash for queries scam: Media houses, social media platforms excluded from Mahua Moitra's defamation lawsuit against Nishikant Dubey

Op India

The Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra’s Lawyer on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that they are not pressing for any relief in the suit against media houses and social media intermediaries. Earlier on October 20, 2023, the Delhi High Court adjourned TMC MP Mahua Moitra’s defamation plea against Nishikant Dubey for October 31. I immediately withdrew and said that …

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 …

1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Directs Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal To Pay ₹2 Crores Damages To Major General Ahluwalia In Defamation Suit

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed news magazine Tehelka, its former editor-in-chief Tarun Tejpal and two reporters to pay Rs. It added: “…damages in the sum of Rs.2,00,00,000/- is awarded to the plaintiff to be paid by defendant No.1 to 4 for having caused defamation, along with costs of the suit.” The court held Tehelka, Tejpal and the two …

1 year, 8 months ago

Delhi HC orders Tehelka, Tarun Tejpal and two others to pay ₹2 crore to retired army officer in defamation case

Op India

The Delhi High Court today ordered the Tehelka Magazine, Tarun Tejpal and two others to pay ₹2 crore to retired Indian Army official Major General MS Ahluwalia in a defamation case. #Breaking Delhi HC orders journalist Tarun Tejpal, news platform Tehelka and two reporters to pay ₹2 crore in damages to Maj Gen MS Ahluwalia for defamation. Order comes 22 …

1 year, 11 months ago

Delhi High Court Quashes Summoning Order Against The Wire’s Editors In Criminal Defamation Case By Ex JNU Professor

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed a summoning order issued by a trial court in 2017 against The Wire’s Editor and Deputy Editor in a criminal defamation case filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amita Singh. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani quashed the order passed by a metropolitan court on January 07, 2017, summoning The Wire’s Editor Siddharth Bhatia …

2 years ago

Delhi HC issues summons to Uddhav and Aaditya Thackeray, and Sanjay Raut over defamation suit filed by Shiv Sena leader Rahul Shewale

Op India

In a defamation case brought by Rahul Ramesh Shewale, a leader in the Eknath Shinde Faction of the Shiv Sena, the Delhi High Court has summoned Sanjay Raut, Uddhav Thackeray, and Aditya Thackeray. Delhi High Court issues summons to Uddhav Thackeray, his son Aditya Thackeray in a civil defamation suit filed by Eknath Shinde faction leader Rahul Ramesh Shewale. The …

2 years ago

Delhi High Court Stays Trial Court Proceedings In Tajinder Bagga's Defamation Case Against Journalist Swati Chaturvedi

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the trial court proceedings in a defamation case filed by BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga against Journalist Swati Chaturvedi till July 17.Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar issued notice on the plea moved by the journalist challenging the summons issued by the trial court against her in the matter.Bagga filed the case against the journalist …

2 years, 2 months ago

Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Ex-Judge : Supreme Court Asks If It Is Necessary To Go On With Defamation Suit

Live Law

While hearing a petition moved by a woman in 2014 seeking transfer of a defamation suit filed by a former judge of the Supreme Court from Delhi High Court, the Supreme Court, on Monday, raised a query whether it is necessary to go on with the defamation suit. The former judge had filed the defamation suit against the woman in …

2 years, 3 months ago

Delhi Court refuses to quash summons order issued to Swati Chaturvedi in defamation case filed by Tajinder Bagga

Op India

In an order dated 13 December 2022, a Delhi court dismissed the revision petition of Journalist Swati Chaturvedi seeking the quashing of summons issued against her in a 2018 defamation case filed by Bhartiya Janta Party spokesperson Tajinder Bagga. Special Judge Sudhir Kumar Sirohi while dismissing the petition observed that the complainant Tajinder bagger was appointed spokesperson of a national …

2 years, 3 months ago

Ex-Mumbai commissioner Param Bir Singh withdraws defamation suit against Arnab Goswami

The Hindu

Former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh on Wednesday withdrew a defamation suit filed against TV journalist Arnab Goswami and ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd which owns Republic TV. In October 2020, Goswami made several “false and defamatory” statements on his news show on Republic TV in relation to the alleged TRP rigging scam which Mumbai Police were probing, Mr. …

3 years ago

Is Defamation Suit Maintainable Against Alleged Libelous Pleadings Filed In Court If Circulated In Public Domain? Delhi HC To Examine

Live Law

The Delhi High Court is set to examine whether defamation proceedings can lie against libelous statements made in the pleadings before a Court, if such pleadings are circulated in public domain.The Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Navin Chawla today issued notice on an intra-court appeal raising this question.The Appellant had challenged the summoning order. The …

3 years, 3 months ago

Magistrate Issues Summons Against Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik On BJP Leader Mohit Bharatiya's Defamation Complaint

Live Law

Nawab Malik, a minister in the Maharashtra government, is in for some trouble as a Metropolitan Magistrate's court at Sewree has issued summons against him under section 204a of the CrPC in a defamation case filed by Mohit Bharatiya, a former general secretary of Bharatiya Janta Party in Mumbai. Both of Bharatiya's complaints pertain to Malik's numerous press conferences held …

3 years, 9 months ago

Sexual assault case: HC to hear Goa govt's appeal against Tarun Tejpal's acquittal on July 29

India TV News

The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court on Thursday adjourned till July 29 an appeal filed by the Goa government against the acquittal of journalist Tarun Tejpal in a 2013 rape case. A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and M S Jawalkar allowed the government to amend their appeal and serve a copy of the same along …

4 years ago

"Not Maintainable": Delhi High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Mitali Saran And Business Standard Over Article On RSS

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Monday quashed the defamation complaint filed against newspaper Business Standard, its editorial Director A.K. The Court has held that the complaint in question is not maintainable and is liable to be dismissed, as the complainant Lohitaskah Shukla, cannot be regarded as a "person aggrieved" with respect to the comments made against the RSS. A complaint …

5 years, 2 months ago

SC Urges Nusli Wadia & Ratan Tata To Resolve Differences

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata by urging both the billionaire businessmen to resolve their differences.The bench comprising CJI S A Bobde, Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant was hearing a special leave petition filed by Wadia challenging the Bombay High Court's judgment which quashed the criminal defamation …

5 years, 3 months ago

'Whether Retweeting A Defamatory Tweet Amounts To Offence': Delhi HC Issues Notice On Kejriwal's Plea

Live Law

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Delhi opposition leader Vijender Gupta in an application filed by Arvind Kejriwal challenging a summons issued against him in a criminal defamation case.While issuing notice, the Single Bench of Justice Rajnish Bhatnagar also reserved order on whether to stay the proceedings against Kejriwal pending before the Magistrate. The Delhi High Court …

5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi court defers hearing on BJP leader's defamation complaint against Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia

Firstpost

A Delhi court deferred the hearing on a defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Vijender Gupta against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia for allegedly ‘maligning’ his image by accusing him of attempting to kill the AAP chief. New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday deferred the hearing on a defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Vijender …

5 years, 11 months ago

Thane court issues summons to Rahul Gandhi, Sitaram Yechury over anti-RSS remarks, linking Sangh to Gauri Lankesh's murder

Firstpost

A Mumbai metropolitan magistrate’s court is also hearing a criminal defamation case against Rahul Gandhi and Sitaram Yechury, filed by another RSS activist over the same issue Thane: A city court on Tuesday asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi and CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury to appear before it on 30 April to respond to the charges of defaming RSS by …

6 years ago

Bombay High Court stays Nusli Wadia defamation plea hearing against Ratan Tata, others

Firstpost

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday stayed till 27 March the proceedings before a magistrate court in a 2016 criminal defamation case filed by Nusli Wadia against Ratan Tata and some other directors of Tata Sons. Justice Bhatkar will now hear a petition filed by Tata and other directors of Tata Sons seeking quashing of the defamation case against …

6 years, 3 months ago

Tajinder Bagga’s defamation case against abusive’ journalist’ to continue as journalist withdraws petition to quash proceedings

Op India

The High Court has dismissed as withdrawn the petition filed by abusive journalist Swati Chaturvedi to quash the defamation proceedings initiated against her by BJP spokesperson Tajinder Bagga. Alakh Alok Srivastav took to Twitter to announce that the Delhi High Court had dismissed as withdrawn the petition seeking to quash the defamation proceedings. He also tweeted that a limited stay …

6 years, 5 months ago

Vikas Bahl defamation case hearing pushed to 21 November; Judge says Phantom co-founders made contradictory statements

Firstpost

Filmmaker Vikas Bahl, accused of sexual assault by a former employee of Phantom Films, had filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against former partners in the production house Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane. Filmmaker Vikas Bahl, accused of sexual assault by a former employee of Phantom Films, had filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against former partners in …

6 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Bennett Coleman For TOI Article Against Advocate Deepak Khosla [Read Judgment]

Live Law

The Delhi High Court recently quashed defamation proceedings initiated against Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., its Whole-time Directors, Managing Directors and Editors, for an article published on Advocate Deepak Khosla.The judgment was passed by Justice RK Gauba on a batch of petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, demanding quashing of defamation. The Delhi High …

6 years, 11 months ago

Rejection Of Defamation Complaint Against Newspaper Allegedly Branding A Man As ‘Atakwadi’: SC To Hear Appeal [Read Order]

Live Law

The matter involves a wider question of law which requires consideration, the bench said.The Supreme Court has expedited hearing of an appeal filed by a man against the rejection of his defamation complaint made against a newspaper editor and correspondent, for allegedly branding him as ‘atakwadi’.Granting the leave to appeal, the bench of Justice J Chelameswar and Justice Sanjay Kishan. …

7 years, 2 months ago

SC Refuses To Review Delhi HC Order Rejecting AAP Leader Deepak Bajpai’s Plea Questioning Patiala House CMM’s Jurisdiction

Live Law

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra dismissed a petition filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Deepak Bajpai who, along with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and four others, is facing defamation case filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley.“After hearing from counsel, we find no merit in the petition, dismissed,” CJI said.Deepak Bajpai had. The …

7 years, 3 months ago

SC Dismisses Raghav Chadha’s Petition On Whether Retweeting A ‘Defamatory’ Tweet Amounts To Defamation

Live Law

The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra has dismissed an appeal filed by Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Raghav Chadha against Delhi High Court Judgment dismissing his petition challenging the summons issued to him in a defamation case filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley while leaving it to the trial court to decide if re-tweeting would …

7 years, 6 months ago

Does Retweet Of A Defamatory Tweet Amount To Defamation? SC Asks Delhi HC To Decide AAP Leader’s Plea Decide By Sept. 25

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Delhi High Court to expeditiously decide by September 25 the petition filed by Aam Admi Party spokesperson Raghav Chadha in the defamation case filed by Union Minister Arun Jaitley.A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra also asked Chadha to appear before the single judge of the high court on Monday.Chadha's …

7 years, 6 months ago

Does Retweet Of A Defamatory Tweet Amount To Defamation? SC Asks Delhi HC To Decide AAP Leader’s Plea Decide By Sept. 25

Live Law

7 years, 6 months ago

Does Retweet Of A Defamatory Tweet Amount To Defamation: SC To Decide

Live Law

The Supreme Court has agreed to examine on Monday a petition filed by Aam Aadmi party spokesperson Raghav Chadha, as to whether re-tweeting somebody's allegedly defamatory tweet amounts to defamation.He also sought a direction to the Delhi High Court for expeditious hearing of the defamation case filed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.Appearing for Chadha, senior advocate. The Supreme Court …

7 years, 7 months ago

Defamation case: Delhi high court dismisses Arvind Kejriwal’s plea against speedy trial

Live Mint

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Monday dismissed chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea questioning the decision of a judge to expedite hearing of a defamation suit filed by finance minister Arun Jaitley against him and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders. A bench of acting chief justice Gita Mittal and justice C. Hari Shankar said the appeal filed by …

7 years, 9 months ago

Tharoor Defamation Case: Show Facts, Can’t Call Him Names: Delhi HC Tells Arnab Goswami, Issues Notice

Live Law

In a blow to the Managing Director of Republic TV Arnab Goswami, the High Court of Delhi has issued notice to him and his new news channel venture on a defamation suit filed by Former Diplomat and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.“Bring down the rhetoric. In a blow to the Managing Director of Republic TV Arnab Goswami, the High Court of …

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Kerala BJP Leader apologises to CPM's Sreemathi Over Defamatory Remarks

Deccan Chronicle

Kerala BJP leader B Gopalakrishnan has publicly apologised to senior CPI leader and former minister P K Sreemathi for defamatory remarks he made against her during a TV debate a few years ago. She alleged that during a 2018 television debate, Gopalakrishnan falsely accused her of facilitating large-scale corruption in granting permission for a company owned by her son and …

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Telangana High Court slams magistrate, officer for wrong remand

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court took a serious note of the practice of trial courts in approving remand of accused persons produced by the police without checking if the rules and procedures were followed, while taking custody of the accused. The High Court faulted the police for not serving notices under Section 35 of BNSS in cases where the offences …

Court Accused Satyam Wrong Remand

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Delhi HC refuses to stay criminal proceedings against activist Sharjeel Imam in 2019 Jamia violence

The Hindu

The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to stay criminal proceedings in the 2019 Jamia violence case in which a trial court has ordered framing of charges against activist Sharjeel Imam. Justice Sanjeev Narula also issued notice and sought response of Delhi Police on Mr. Imam’s plea challenging the trial court’s March 7 order to frame charges against him in …

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The judiciary’s ‘between a rock and hard place’ moment

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1 day, 7 hours ago

The judiciary’s ‘between a rock and hard place’ moment

The Hindu

The facts in the Justice Yashwant Varma case are indeed disturbing. However, when the news of the incident spread, it caused such a public furore that the CJI convened other meetings of the Collegium and decided to institute an in-house inquiry conducted by a three-judge committee which included two Chief Justices of the High Court of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab …

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1 day, 7 hours ago

Plea for police probe into Delhi HC judge residence fire listed on March 28

The Hindu

A petition seeking a direction to the police to register a First Information Report and investigate allegations of “huge sums of unaccounted money” found on the official residential premises of sitting Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma is listed in the Supreme Court on March 28, 2025. The petition had been orally mentioned before the Chief Justice of India …

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1 day, 9 hours ago

Information Commissioner arrested as he takes bribe to deliver a favourable order

The Hindu

State Information Commissioner Ravindra Gurunath Dhakappa posted in the Kalaburagi Bench of the Karnataka Information Commission was arrested by Lokayukta Police on Thursday as he received ₹1 lakh bribe through an online transfer for delivering a favourable order to an applicant. “The Information Commissioner agreed to pass a favourable order for the applicant in exchange for ₹3 lakh. Saibanna Sasi …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Justice Varma issue: Opposition MPs demand statement by Law Minister in Lok Sabha

The Hindu

Opposition MPs in the Lok Sabha on Thursday raised the issue of the alleged discovery of a large stash of partially burnt cash from the official residence of Delhi High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma, with Congress MP Manish Tewari demanding that Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal make a statement in the Lok Sabha on the facts available in …

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1 day, 21 hours ago

Mumbai Police Issue Second Notice to Kunal Kamra in Defamation Case

Deccan Chronicle

The case was registered at Khar Police Station based on a complaint by Shiv Sena MLA Murji Patel. While the specific date for Kamra’s appearance was not disclosed, officials confirmed that he had requested one week to respond to the initial notice issued on Tuesday. The complaint stems from a recent satirical comedy performance in Mumbai, where Kamra allegedly mocked …

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2 days, 8 hours ago

Maharashtra ruling parties demand Aaditya Thackeray’s resignation

Deccan Chronicle

Mumbai: The Disha Salian case once again rocked the Maharashtra legislative assembly on Wednesday even as the government assured that new allegations made by Disha’s father will be thoroughly investigated. BJP legislator Ram Kadam demanded that Sushant Singh Rajput case should also be reinvestigated in the light of the allegations made by Satish Salian, who has submitted a 75-page complaint …

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2 days, 10 hours ago