Delhi court acquitted incumbent Lieutenant Governor (LG) V K Saxena in a defamation case filed by social activist Medha Patkar. She had filed the case against V K Saxena more than 20 years ago.
The Delhi High Court has quashed criminal defamation proceedings arising from a long-standing family property and testamentary dispute, holding that allegations made in judicial pleadings and a police complaint do not, by themselves, amount to defamation under the Indian Penal Code.
Patiala house court on Wednesday issued a notice to the proposed Accused Mandhira Kapoor and Pooja Chaudhary. The notice has been issued on the Defamation Complaint filed by Sanjay Kapur's wife, Priya Sachdev Kapur.
The complaint, filed before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, asserted that the impugned remarks contain false assertions, insinuations and personal attacks presented as established facts, despite the issues being sub judice, thereby causing serious reputational harm.
Kharge shared an article from an English daily on social media platform X, which reported that a special court had issued notices to him and fellow state minister Dinesh Gundurao in connection with a defamation complaint filed by an RSS member.
BJP leader RP Singh on Monday warned Congress MP Manickam Tagore to be prepared to face a defamation case over his remarks against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), calling it a "hate-driven body" and comparing it to Al Qaeda.
Former India cricket team captain Sourav Ganguly initiated legal proceedings against Uttam Saha, president of the Argentina Fan Club of Kolkata, filing a defamation suit seeking Rs 50 crore in damages.
Rapper and songwriter Megan Thee Stallion has won her defamation lawsuit against blogger Milagro Cooper, known online as Milagro Gramz, after a Florida jury ruled that Cooper harassed and defamed her following the 2020 shooting incident involving singer Tory Lanez, as per Variety.
Advocate Sangram Kolhatkar, counsel for the complainant Satyaki Savarkar, demanded a judicial inquiry into the missing CDs that allegedly contained Rahul Gandhi's defamatory speech about the freedom fighter.
The Court observed that the case did not warrant immediate one-sided protection at this stage, stating, "I don't think you have a strong enough case right now to justify an ex parte ad-interim injunction. I will issue summons. No ex parte order."
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued summons to Red Chillies Entertainment Private Limited and others in a civil defamation suit filed by Wankhede.