After the Calcutta High Court's judgement restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from making derogatory statements against Governor CV Ananda Bose, he welcomed the judgement and appealed to refrain from politicising the issue.
Former Indian diplomat Lakshmi Puri welcomed the Delhi High Court judgement directing Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale to tender a public apology for his defamatory comments against her family.
Judicial Magistrate (First class) Raghav Sharma sentenced Medha Patkar. However, the court suspended the sentence for 30 days to allow Patkar to challenge the judgement. She filed an application for suspension of her sentence.
The HRCP called upon the administration to repeal the act pushed through a defamation law to curb fake news, however, civil society, and journalists say that it infringes on freedom of press and expression.
Veteran Journalist Rajat Sharma has filed a defamation case in the Delhi High Court against Congress leaders Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera over their allegations that he used abusive language during a live show on the day of Lok Sabha election results
Actor Raveena Tandon has sent a defamation notice to a man who made a social media post "disseminating false information" about an incident in which the driver of her car was caught in a scuffle reported outside her residence in Mumbai earlier this month