“In light of the discussions above, the Court is of the considered opinion that the petitioner has not been able to make out any case for q...

Metropolitan Magistrate (Sewree court) P I Mokashi had issued summons to Raut on Thursday, and the detailed order was made available on Fri...

Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat, B H Kapadia, issued summons to Gandhi, directing him to be present before the court on June 7.

Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra sought presence of Azad before the court on May 19, saying offences under sections 499 and 500 of IPC are made...

Senior advocate Diwan said that a company could pursue the remedy of civil defamation suit and it must be restrained from taking the course...

Defamation will remain a criminal offence, the apex court said on Friday, justifying its decision on the ground that free speech cannot be ...

There is a need to decriminalise penal provision for defamation and the "colonial law", which has been inevitably abused, needs to be re-ex...

Swamy and Gandhi advanced their arguments on the issue by saying that the two provisions have an "inhibitive effect" on freedom of speech a...

The provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions, the Centre has...

The plea, which came up for hearing today, has been filed by the Foundation For Media Professionals through its Director Manoj Mitta.

The bench also said it has not stayed the provisions but rather stayed the proceedings before trial court in defamation cases against CM.

Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings against Rahul Gandhi in a criminal defamataion case for allegedly blaming RSS for the assassinat...

Currently, civil defamation is dealt with under the law of torts whereas criminal defamation is an offence under Section 499 of the IPC.

Arvind Kejriwal was charged with criminal defamation by a lower court in Delhi on a complaint filed by Nitin Gadkari after he refused to ta...

Metropolitan Magistrate Muneesh Garg directed Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav to appear before it on June 4 in the matter.

Lawyer Shanu Shukla approached the court with the plea to register a case against the Congress Vice President under Sections 499 and 500 of...

Finding "prima facie" evidence against Digvijay Singh, a Delhi court issued summons to him in a criminal defamation case lodged against him...