Defamation
- Mumbai
Salman Khan defamation case: Bombay HC flags social media misuse
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has observed that access to social media does not entitle anyone to publish content that could defame others, whether private individuals or public figures, while hearing a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 6 held for defamatory banners targeting BJP MP Eatala
Hyderabad: Six people were apprehended here for installing unauthorised banners containing allegedly false and defamatory content against the BJP and its MP Eatala Rajender, police said on Sunday, June 7. The banners…
- Hyderabad
AP police reach Prof K Nageshwar’s Hyderabad home over remarks on Jana Sena
Hyderabad: Political analyst and professor K Nageshwar found himself at the centre of a political controversy after a large contingent of Andhra Pradesh police reached his Hyderabad residence on Tuesday, May 26,…
- Hyderabad
Court orders removal of defamatory content on Bandi Sanjay in son’s POCSO case
Hyderabad: The City Civil Court in Nampally has issued an order on Friday, May 15, that Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay’s name shouldn’t be used in connection with…
- India
Law will take its own course: Himanta on wife’s case against Pawan Khera
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, May 13, said that the law will take its own course in the case filed by his wife against Congress leader Pawan Khera…
- India
Defamation case against Rahul: UP court reserves order for May 2
Sultanpur: Arguments were heard on Wednesday, April 22, in a defamation case involving Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, with a local MP-MLA court reserving its order…
- India
Chandigarh police book academician Madhu Kishwar for misleading content
Chandigarh: Academician Madhu Kishwar has been booked following a complaint by a Chandigarh resident over the alleged circulation of forged and misleading content on social media. An FIR has been lodged against…
- India
Go to High Court first, SC tells journalist Ravi Nair in Adani notice case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, March 16, refused to entertain a plea by journalist Ravi Nair challenging a Gujarat Crime Branch notice issued to him in connection with an article he…
- India
Dainik Jagran editor to face trial for branding J-K man ‘terror associate’
The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has ruled that falsely branding a person as having links to terrorists amounts to criminal defamation, observing that such a portrayal “lowers the…
- Top Stories
SC bans NCERT book over judiciary corruption; orders seizure, digital takedown
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday, February 26, imposed a blanket ban on Class 8 NCERT book carrying a chapter on corruption in the judiciary, and ordered a seizure of all…
- Telangana
YouTuber fined Rs 50 lakh for defaming Telangana EV firm
Hyderabad: YouTuber Aditya Prabhakar has been fined Rs 50 lakh by a local court in Sangareddy for damaging PURE Energy Limited’s (PURE EV) reputation through a malicious campaign. Aditya runs a YouTube…
- India
Abhijit Iyer Mitra seeks dismissal of defamation suit by Newslaundry journos
New Delhi: Commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra approached the Delhi High Court on Friday seeking dismissal of a defamation suit against him for allegedly making abusive remarks against nine women journalists of the…
- Middle East
Abu Dhabi court fines man Rs 4L for sharing woman’s photos, videos online
Abu Dhabi: The Abu Dhabi Family, Civil and Administrative Cases Court has recently ordered a man to pay Dirham 20,000 (Rs 4,78,251) in compensation to a woman for breaching her privacy by…
- India
AMU to initiate criminal proceedings against a web portal for publishing ‘misleading’ article
Aligarh: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has taken strong cognizance of a “defamatory and misleading” article published on May 19 on the web portal of Hindi daily, Amar Ujala. The article, authored…
- Telangana
Telangana CM Revanth seeks dismissal of defamation case in High Court
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has approached the High Court seeking the quashing of a criminal defamation case filed against him in the Nampally Public Representatives Court. The case stems from…
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