Defamation Case
- Kolkata
HC lifts stay on arrest warrant against Abhishek in defamation case
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Wednesday lifted the interim stay on the arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee, former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s nephew,…
- India
Rahul Gandhi defamation case: Hearing deferred to June 29
Sultanpur: The hearing in the 2018 defamation case pending against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi regarding his remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah in an MP/MLA court here was adjourned on Wednesday…
- India
HC seeks Khan Sir’s stand on plea by journo Anjana Om Kashyap
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday, June 8, sought the stand of educator Faisal Khan, popularly known as ‘Khan Sir’, and other teachers on a plea by TV Today Network…
- India
Savarkar had filed 5 mercy petitions with British, Grandnephew tells court
Pune: The grandnephew of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar admitted before a special MP/MLA court here that the Hindutva ideologue had filed five mercy petitions with the British government and had appealed for recruitment into…
- India
Hardeep Singh Puri’s daughter moves Delhi HC over ‘fake’ Epstein links claims
New Delhi: Himayani Puri, the daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, filed a defamation suit before the Delhi High Court on Monday, March 16, seeking removal of online content linking her to…
- 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…
- Entertainment
Rs 100cr defamation case against actress for claiming star cricketer texted her
Mumbai: Indian actress and model Khushi Mukherjee has landed in controversy following her remarks involving Indian cricketer and T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav. A Mumbai-based social media influencer and Yadav’s fan, Faizan Ansari,…
- India
Defamation case: HC advances hearing in Akbar’s plea
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday advanced from May next year to March the hearing on former union minister M J Akbar’s plea challenging the acquittal of journalist Priya Ramani…
- News
Court refuses to allow YouTube video in Savarkar defamation trial against Rahul Gandhi
Pune: A court here has rejected Satyaki Savarkar’s request to play a YouTube video of Rahul Gandhi’s alleged 2023 defamatory speech about freedom-fighter and Hindutva ideologue V D Savarkar. In a subsequent…
- India
UP: Court adjourns Rahul Gandhi defamation case until December 8
Sultanpur: The hearing in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a court here on Wednesday was deferred to December 8 due to the death of a lawyer. Gandhi’s lawyer,…
- Hyderabad
Nagarjuna withdraws defamation case against minister Konda Surekha
Hyderabad: In a relief to state forest and environment minister Konda Surekha, actor Akkineni Nagarjuna withdrew the defamation case against her on Thursday, November 13. This development comes a day after the…
- India
Hathras gang-rape defamation case: Hearing set for Dec 4 against Rahul Gandhi
Hathras: A local MP-MLA court on Tuesday fixed December 4 as the next date of hearing in a Hathras ‘gang rape’-linked defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the court…
- India
Court asks Kangana Ranaut to appear in person on October 27
Bathinda: A court here on Monday directed actor and MP Kangana Ranaut to be present in person on October 27 in a defamation case, rejecting her plea for appearing through video-conferencing. The…
- India
Apologise or pay Rs 100 cr: Bihar minister to Prashant Kishor
Patna: Bihar minister Ashok Choudhary on Tuesday slapped a legal notice on Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor, asking him to tender an “unconditional apology” for defamatory remarks or face a civil…
- India
Time has come to decriminalise defamation law: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has observed that the time has come to decriminalise the defamation law, while agreeing to examine a plea by the Foundation for Independent Journalism seeking to quash…
