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October 11, 2025, 05:56 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court recently stayed criminal defamation proceedings against TV Channel Aaj Tak in a case where former Haryana MLA and businessman Gopal Goyal Kanda alleged that the channel had linked him to the 2022 death of actor and BJP leader Sonali Phogat. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih issued notice on the petition filed by TV Today Network, which owns Aaj Tak, and directed that the proceedings before the trial magistrate remain stayed until the next date of hearing.
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September 30, 2025, 10:35 AM - 2 min read
The court rejected the Mandi BJP MP’s plea in a defamation case relating to a tweet posted by her about Mahinder Kaur, 73, in which she identified Kaur wrongly as Bilkis Bano of Shaheen Bagh fame
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September 25, 2025, 08:48 PM - 3 min read
The case stems from a defamation complaint filed by AEL, which led to a September 6 order by a civil judge directing 10 defendants to remove contentious material, including articles and social media posts, from various platforms within a specified timeframe.
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September 17, 2025, 03:56 PM - 3 min read
As the activists and journalists challenged earlier order, a Delhi court on Wednesday refused to urgently hear journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta's appeal against a gag order restraining him from publishing defamatory stories against Gautam Adani's Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL).
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September 12, 2025, 02:23 PM - 4 min read
Actor and BJP MP Kangana Ranaut withdrew her plea in the Supreme Court over a defamation complaint, with the bench remarking she had “added spice” to an allegedly defamatory retweet.
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September 8, 2025, 02:20 PM - 3 min read
The complainant accused Reddy of colluding with the Telangana Congress to spread a "fake and dubious political narrative" that the BJP would abolish reservations if it came to power.
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August 6, 2025, 12:20 PM - 3 min read
Gandhi appeared before Judge Supriya Rani Tigga, who granted him bail on the condition that he cooperates fully with the trial proceedings.
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July 8, 2025, 01:10 PM - 4 min read
The IYC's response is being spearheaded under the supervision and leadership of National In-Charge Shri Krishna Allavaru, National President Shri Uday Bhanu Chib, and National Legal Cell Chairman Shri Roopesh Singh Bhadauria.
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July 1, 2025, 06:09 PM - 3 min read
In what can be seen as a continuous disappointment for the officer and setback to whistleblowers in general across the country, fourteenth judge has recused herself from a case involving Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Sanjeev Chaturvedi. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) Neha Kushwaha of Nainital stepped aside from a criminal defamation case filed by Chaturvedi, citing personal reasons linked to familial connections.
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May 29, 2025, 06:46 PM - 3 min read
The Delhi High Court on Thursday, May 29 directed YouTuber Mohak Mangal to remove defamatory portions from his recent video targeting news agency Asian News International (ANI). The direction came during a hearing on a defamation suit filed by ANI, following allegations made by Mohak in a video titled ‘Dear ANI’ on his YouTube channel.
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May 21, 2025, 05:50 PM - 3 min read
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sharply criticised the social media posts and refused to hear analyst and commentator Abhijit Iyer Mitra in a defamation case filed by journalists till he takes down the posts in question within five hours, and remarked that the language he used “are not permissible in any civilised society”.
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April 8, 2025, 07:45 PM - 4 min read
The court, however, imposed a precondition on 70-year-old Patkar of depositing ₹1 lakh as fine.
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