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Tamil Nadu: DMK to file separate case against Aadhav Arjuna over Karur stampede remarks, terms Anitha Radhakrishnan's arrest "vendetta politics"Radhakrishnan was taken into police custody today shortly after the Madras High Court dismissed his anticipatory bail petition. Justice GK ...
'Thin line between defamation, political criticism': Delhi HC on Raghav Chadha's plea against social media postsDelhi High Court pondered the fine line between political criticism and defamation. MP Raghav Chadha approached the court against social me...
Florida Republican targets FBI chief Kash Patel with remark on Indian foodA Republican candidate for Florida governor, James Fishback, made a remark about FBI Director Kash Patel. Fishback questioned Patel's compe...
Gauhati High Court reserves order on Congress leader Pawan Khera's bail pleaThe Gauhati High Court has reserved its order on Congress leader Pawan Khera's anticipatory bail plea following an FIR filed by Assam Polic...
Delhi Court grants time to Mallikarjun Kharge to file reply in revision against dismissal of complaintA Delhi court has given Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge more time to respond to a revision petition. This petition challenges the earlier...
SC dismisses Telangana BJP's plea against order quashing defamation case against Telangana CM A Revanth ReddyThe Supreme Court rejected a plea by Bharatiya Janata Party's Telangana unit. The plea challenged a High Court order. The High Court had qu...
BJP leader moves Delhi High Court for defamation case against CM AtishiA BJP leader, Praveen Shankar Kapoor, has approached the Delhi High Court to challenge the dismissal of his defamation case against Chief M...
Rahul Gandhi moves Supreme Court against Gujarat HC order; says, “if relief not granted, will lose 8 years of career”Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has e-filed an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging a Gujarat High Court order that refused to stay the sen...
Vindictive politics, say opposition parties after Rahul Gandhi's disqualificationShiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi questioned the state of democracy in the country. "Vindictive and shameful action against Rahul ...
US Capitol Storming: Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan Murdoch opens defamation suit against Australian websiteAn opinion piece on the storming of the US Capitol is being sued by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan Murdoch, chief executive of Fo...
Banned Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir apologises for making remarks against ArmyHamid Mir, the popular host of political talk show ‘Capital Talk' of Geo News channel, on May 28 delivered a fiery speech at a protest stag...
Pranab Mukherjee's morphed photo: 'Dirty tricks' to defame us, clarifies RSSThe RSS alleged that when these forces failed to stop Pranab Mukherjee from attending the function, they are now using dirty tricks to defa...
Voicing against bad governance and corruption not a case of defamation: Supreme CourtJustice Misra, who had earlier been part of a bench which upheld the constitutionality of criminal defamation in the country, said that the...
Validity of criminal defamation upheld by Supreme CourtDefamation will remain a criminal offence, the apex court said on Friday, justifying its decision on the ground that free speech cannot be ...
BJP's rivals politicising Rohith suicide to defame govt: Venkaiah NaiduSuch parties are only trying to "hurt" the country's image by "polluting" social atmosphere, he charged.
Subrmanian Swamy, Rahul Gandhi against Centre on criminal defamation in Supreme CourtSwamy and Gandhi advanced their arguments on the issue by saying that the two provisions have an "inhibitive effect" on freedom of speech a...
Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells SCThe provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions, the Centre has...
Pleas on defamation laws be sent to constitution bench: GovernmentPetitions of political leaders challenging validity of penal provisions on defamation, should be referred to a constitution bench, governme...
Supreme Court ruling 'defining moment' for freedom of expression: AmnestyHuman rights body said that section 66A of IT Act has been used on several occasions to prosecute people for legitimately exercising their ...
Prem Kumar Dhumal withdraws 10-year-old defamation case against Amarinder SinghA 10-year-old defamation case filed by BJP leader Prem Kumar Dhumal against former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh was dropped today.