A Mumbai court has acquitted veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in a defamation case against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the complainant has withdrawn the case.

A Mumbai court has acquitted veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in a defamation case against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the complainant has withdrawn the case.

Lyricist Javed Akhtar. | Photo Credit: File A Mumbai court has acquitted veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar in a defamation case against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as the complainant has withdrawn the case. Judicial Magistrate (First Class), Mulund, S.D. Chakkar, on November 8 disposed of the case as … Read more

Tripura Congress leader faces defamation suit, eviction notice after levelling charges against Minister

Tripura Congress leader faces defamation suit, eviction notice after levelling charges against Minister

File photo of Sudip Roy Barman | Photo Credit: PTI Former Tripura Minister and Congress MLA Sudip Roy Barman was slapped with a defamation suit and a notice to vacate from the MLA hostel days after he raised corruption charges against State Tribal Welfare Minister Bikash Debbarma and a senior government official in the Assembly. … Read more

Delhi BJP sends defamation notice to Atishi, demands public apology over her ‘join BJP offer’ claim

Delhi BJP sends defamation notice to Atishi, demands public apology over her ‘join BJP offer’ claim

A file photo of Delhi Education Minister and AAP leader Atishi. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP’s Delhi unit has sent a defamation notice to senior AAP leader Atishi and demanded a public apology for her claim that the saffron party approached her through a “very close” person to join it. The Delhi minister had … Read more

U.P. court orders AAP’s Sanjay Singh to pay monetary compensation to BJP leader in defamation suit

U.P. court orders AAP’s Sanjay Singh to pay monetary compensation to BJP leader in defamation suit

A civil court in Lucknow found Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh guilty of defaming former U.P. Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mahendra Singh. The court ordered Mr. Singh to pay a compensation of ₹1 lakh to the plaintiff. “The defendant is directed to pay a compensation of ₹one lakh … Read more

Mahua Moitra sues BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai for defamation

Mahua Moitra sues BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai for defamation

Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra speaks in the Lok Sabha, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: ANI Trinamool Congress (TMC) member Mahua Moitra moved the Delhi High Court on October 17 seeking to restrain Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nishikant Dubey, advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai, and several social media platforms and media houses from posting, … Read more

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

Morning Digest | China releases new official map, showing territorial claims; Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, and more

An Indian Army jawan looking at the India-China border through his telescope in Arunachal Pradesh. File. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Assam Rifles files defamation suit against Manipur politician, seeks apology Assam Rifles, the oldest paramilitary force in the country, has slapped a legal notice against a Manipur politician for causing “considerable harm to … Read more

Defamation case filed against Pawan Kalyan

Defamation case filed against Pawan Kalyan

Jana Sena Party President K. Pawan Kalyan speaks to The Hindu during an interview on the sidelines of Varahi Yatra in Kakinada on June 20, 2023. FOR KAKINADA. BY ARRANGEMENT | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT A defamation case has been filed against Jana Sena Party president Pawan Kalyan after leader made ‘objectionable’ comments against the … Read more

Rahul Gandhi to challenge Surat court order in HC in defamation case

Rahul Gandhi to challenge Surat court order in HC in defamation case

Congress party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi. File | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar As a court in Gujarat’s Surat rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s application for a stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark, party spokesperson A.M. Singhvi in a media briefing in Delhi on April 20 said … Read more

Criminal defamation case | Rahul Gandhi to move appeal in Surat Session Court for a stay on conviction

Criminal defamation case | Rahul Gandhi to move appeal in Surat Session Court for a stay on conviction

File photo of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. | Photo Credit: Reuters Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s legal team will be moving an appeal in Surat’s Session Court on April 3, 2023 to stay his conviction in a defamation case. Mr Gandhi is likely to present in court along with senior leaders like K C Venugopal but … Read more

AAP supports Rahul after conviction in defamation case; Kejriwal claims ‘conspiracy’ against non-BJP leaders

AAP supports Rahul after conviction in defamation case; Kejriwal claims ‘conspiracy’ against non-BJP leaders

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. | Photo Credit: SUSHIL KUMAR VERMA The Aam Aadmi Party on March 23 came out in support of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after he was sentenced to two years in jail in a defamation case, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleging that a conspiracy was being hatched to “eliminate” non-BJP … Read more