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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| SC refuses to transfer the matter to CBI; Extends interim protection for 3 more weeks [Full Report]

Supreme Court: The bench Dr DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has refused to transfer to CBI the criminal cases lodged against

Published on May 19, 2020May 22, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| Verdict reserved; Goswami’s interim protection extended till the delivery of judgment

Supreme Court: The bench of Dr. DY Chandrachud and MR Shah, JJ has reserved it’s judgment in the petition filed by Republic

Published on May 11, 2020May 15, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Arnab Goswami vs Sonia Gandhi Row| SC grants 3 weeks protection from arrest to Arnab Goswami; stays all but one FIR

Supreme Court: In the petition filed by Republic TV editor Arnab Goswami, challenging the FIRs registered against him in various parts of

Published on April 24, 2020April 27, 2020By Prachi Bhardwaj
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Illegal search is violation of fundamental right to privacy, State directed to pay compensation; law on Ss. 165 & 166 CrPC explained

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench comprising of T.V. Nalawade and S.M. Gavhane, JJ., partly allowed the present petition while explaining the

Published on December 3, 2019December 5, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Truth of an allegation does not permit justification under first exception to S. 499 IPC unless it is proved to be in public good

Bombay High Court: Mangesh S. Patil, J., addressed the matter with respect to a complaint filed regarding defaming the respondent in the

Published on October 14, 2019October 18, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Imputations against Nusli Wadia being part of statutory Notice under S. 169 Companies Act, held were not defamatory; issue of process against Ratan Tata and Ajay Piramal quashed

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of Ranjit More and Bharati H. Dangre, JJ. quashed the order passed by the Additional Chief Metropolitan

Published on July 24, 2019July 26, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Chh HC | Advocate acting professionally as per instructions of client can’t be prosecuted for offence of defamation under S. 500 IPC

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. held that the continuation of criminal proceedings for the offence of defamation against an advocate who

Published on May 31, 2019June 4, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

UKSC | Not wise to search a Facebook post for its theoretical or logically deducible meaning, defamation case filed on basis of such post dismissed

Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: “He tried to strangle me.” What would those words convey to an ordinary reasonable reader of

Published on April 29, 2019April 29, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

#MeToo | “Not Guilty” — Pleads Priya Ramani in the defamation case by MJ Akbar

MJ Akbar had filed a case against Priya Ramani alleging her of defaming him by leveling the charges of sexual misconduct during

Published on April 10, 2019April 10, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Bom HC | Threats by journalists who are reporters to publish news defaming a person amount to extortion

Bombay High Court: In an interesting case, M.G. Giratkar, J., maintained conviction of a journalist for the offence of extorting money from the

Published on February 26, 2019March 4, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Hot Off The PressNews

#MeToo | Bail granted to Journalist Priya Ramani in the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar

As reported by media, Journalist Priya Ramani appeared in the Patiala House District Court for the defamation case filed by MJ Akbar

Published on February 25, 2019February 25, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Tripura HC | Obligatory for prosecution to prove valid sanction for filing complaint under Section 500 IPC against sitting MLA

“In this case, though in the sanction order it has been recorded ‘by order’ but from that word it cannot be inferred by

Published on January 9, 2019January 10, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Defamation| By mere levelling of allegation without any substance, presumption cannot be drawn that it was in discharge of public duty: Chhattisgarh HC

Chhattisgarh High Court: The Bench comprising of Goutam Bhaduri, J. allowed an appeal concerning the defamatory publication made against two doctors in

Published on January 3, 2019January 7, 2019By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Cobrapost| Allegations as to reliability of News is a publicly debatable matter; granting ex-parte injunction sans satisfying constitutional standards is infraction on freedom of speech: Delhi HC

“Democracy presupposes robustness in debates, which often turns the spotlight on public figures and public institutions-like media houses, journals and editors.” Delhi

Published on October 2, 2018October 4, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Godman to Tycoon: The Untold Story of Baba Ramdev| Defamation complaint against Juggernaut Books (P) Ltd. stayed

Patna High Court: The Bench comprising of Ashwani Kumar Singh, J, in an order stayed the proceedings against Juggernaut Books (P) Ltd.

Published on September 4, 2018By Bhumika Indulia
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Case Briefs

One-sided reporting of an ongoing court proceeding is not covered under Exception 4 to S. 499 IPC

Madhya Pradesh High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of S.K. Awasthi, J., held that a piece of newspaper reporting one-sided ongoing

Published on March 26, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsForeign Courts

Google has “no duty to vet” for defamatory search results, forcing which would practically paralyze the process

Federal Court of Justice: As reported by Reuters, the Germanys’ highest court while addressing an appeal upheld a lower court ruling which stipulates

Published on March 1, 2018By Saba
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Case BriefsHigh Courts

Proper cause of action should arise for claiming damages against defamation

Delhi High Court: While deciding the plaint filed for claiming permanent injunction and damages against the aggrieved party, the Bench of  Rajiv

Published on December 21, 2016December 30, 2016By Saba
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Court to decide if disapproval of views taken in the matters of administration amounts to defamation

Supreme Court: In the matter where apart from the constitutional validity of the law on criminal defamation under Section 500 IPC and

Published on July 15, 2016September 13, 2016By Sucheta
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Case BriefsSupreme Court

Criminal defamation law constitutionally valid; right to free speech does not mean the right to defame others

Supreme Court: Writing down the 268 pages long judgment where the constitutional validity of Sections 499 and 500 IPC and Sections 199(1)

Published on May 13, 2016June 27, 2016By Sucheta
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