The Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad of Delhi High Court on Friday directed that the civil defamation suit filed by Priya Sachdeva Kapur against Mandhira Kapur Smith and a podcaster be listed before the same judge who is hearing the main suit relating to the family dispute.
In the suit, filed under the court's ordinary original civil jurisdiction, Kapur has sought a decree for damages amounting to Rs 20,00,00,000 for alleged loss of reputation, mental agony and social humiliation.
A Judicial Magistrate First Class court in Mansa, Gandhinagar, has convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd (AEL) and sentenced him to one year of simple imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 5,000.
The Chief Minister said that Congress leaders such as Jitendra Singh, Bhupesh Baghel, and Gaurav Gogoi made false, malicious, and defamatory allegations at a press conference.
A writ petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking a stay on the release and streaming of an upcoming Netflix film titled 'Ghooskhor Pandat', with the petitioner alleging that the title and proposed content are defamatory and communally offensive.
"In view of the aforesaid discussion, there exists sufficient grounds to summon the accused persons Ragini Nayak, Pawan Khera and Jai Ram Ramesh under section 465, 469, 471, 499, 500 IPC on 27.07.026. Accordingly, the said three accused persons were summoned," JMFC ordered on Monday.
The Rouse Avenue court on Tuesday granted time to former Delhi Minister Satyender Jain to file a reply on the revision moved by the BJP Karnail Singh. A revision against cognisance and summons has been filed by Karnail Singh.
The Delhi High Court has permitted IRS officer Sameer Wankhede to take his defamation lawsuit against a Netflix show referencing the Aryan Khan case to a Mumbai court, after holding that the national capital court lacks territorial jurisdiction.
The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) has filed a case with the cybercrime police against the Karnataka BJP's official X handle for posting defamatory content targeting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister D Shivakumar, and other ministers.
The Rouse Avenue court issued notice to Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge in a revision against the rejection of a complaint against him. Tis Hazari court had rejected a complaint alleging hate speech by Kharge in an election rally in Karnataka in April 2023.
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.