Social media influencer Dr. Neelam Singh, 'The Skin Doctor', was arrested by Delhi Police for alleged posts targeting businessman Sunjay Ka...

BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh has sent a legal notice to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Mann had blamed the BJP for rece...

The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Pawan Khera. This comes in a defamation and forgery case filed by Assam ...

The Law Commission has recommended retaining criminal defamation within India's criminal laws, emphasizing the importance of protecting the...

Here we will explore defamation laws across India and the world, examining the different types of defamation, legal remedies available to v...

A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and U U Lalit said nothing remained in the matter as the judgement has already been delivered.

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

Swamy argued that these sections of the law were archaic, a legacy inherited from the British, and should be set aside as they were being u...

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

The complainant in the case had offered to give the case a "decent burial" should there be an "expression of regret" from Rahul Gandhi.

Defamation cases were filed against Swamy by the Tamil Nadu government after he had allegedly made certain allegations against Jayalalithaa...

SC would hear a plea of Swamy seeking quashing of six criminal defamation complaints lodged against him for allegedly making some comments ...

Bhushan used the platform of a discussion on 'Media Freedom' at the Press Club of India in attacking the BJP-led Union government.

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

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

SC asked Centre to respond to a plea of Subramanian Swamy challenging constitutional validity of two penal provisions relating to the offen...

A bench issued notices to Centre and TN govt on Swamy's plea for scrapping the provisions for criminal defamation in penal laws.