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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday refused to take cognisance of a criminal defamation complaint against Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, holding that no prima facie case was made out to proceed further.Additional chief judicial magistrate Paras Dalal of the Rouse Avenue Court observed that the court failed to find the "necessary ingredients of criminal defamation" in the complaint. Dismissing the plea, the court termed it "floccinaucinihilipilification" -- an English word meaning s ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): A Rouse Avenue court on Wednesday dismissed a defamation complaint filed against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. This complaint was filed by Lipika Mitra, the wife of AAP leader Somnath Bharti. The court said that the statements made by the respondent (Sitharaman) are nothing but political opposition and antagonism aimed at AAP and the INDIA bloc. Nothing was aimed at the complainant, Lipika Mitra, and there is no imputation against her. Additional ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) A Delhi court on Wednesday issued a "notice of accusation" to BJP MLA Karnail Singh in a criminal defamation complaint filed by AAP leader Satyendar Jain, saying there is no reason to hold that the accusation is groundless. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal was hearing a complaint, which was at the stage of an order on putting a notice of accusation to the accused. "Now, in the facts and circumstances of the present case, the accused side has not presented ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the criminal defamation complaint filed by ex-AAP MLA Somnath Bharti's wife against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying there was no imputation against the complainant. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal described the complaint as a 29-letter word "floccinaucinihilipilification", meaning something valueless or worthless, while observing that the 'complaint is nothing but the word, wherein a valueless or worthless ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court has directed removal of 'defamatory' posts over the alleged molestation of a journalist on a flight, saying that using social media to circulate the allegations and reveal the identity of the perpetrator before any formal investigation was a severe transgression of his fundamental right to live with dignity and fair trial. Justice Vikas Mahajan, in an interim order passed on a lawsuit by the man, asked the woman journalist as well as certain online pl ...Read More >
Hyderabad, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana's Hate Speech and Hate Crimes (Prevention) Bill, 2026, was referred to a Select Committee of the State Legislative Assembly for detailed scrutiny after members expressed concerns over certain provisions and potential misuse. Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, who piloted the Bill, moved a motion to refer the Bill to a Select Committee. R. Prakash Reddy, who was in the chair, announced the passing of the motion by a voice vote. The Bill, earlier ...Read More >
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing in the criminal defamation case filed by Priya Kapur, wife of late businessman Sunjay Kapur, against her sister-in-law Mandhira Kapur Smith, granting time to the complainant to file a reply to an application moved by the proposed accused. The matter, which came up before the Patiala House Courts, has now been listed for further hearing on April 22 after Priya Kapur sought time to respond to an application filed by Mandhira Kapur under Se ...Read More >
Malappuram: Perinthalmanna police on Monday arrested a man for allegedly threatening and circulating defamatory content targeting Panakkad Sayed Sadik Ali Shihab Thangal, the state president of the Indian Union Muslim League. The accused, Muhammed Roshan, a native of Perinthalmanna, was taken into custody from Uttar Pradesh on Sunday and brought to Kerala on Monday to be produced before a court. Police said Roshan is involved in multiple criminal cases, including attempted murder and robbery. ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Patiala House Court on Thursday heard arguments on an application moved by Mandhira Kapur Smith seeking the production of certain documents from Priya Sachdev Kapur in an ongoing defamation complaint. Mandhira Kapur, sister of the late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, appeared before the court and filed her reply to the defamation complaint lodged by Priya Kapur, Sunjay Kapur's widow. Along with her reply, Mandhira also moved an application seeking directions for the production of cert ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 11 (PTI) Congress leader K C Venugopal on Wednesday alleged that Speaker Om Birla's hands were "tied" by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, forcing him to act according to the ruling party's wishes. Participating in the debate on the resolution for the removal of Birla from the Speaker's post, Venugopal criticised him for making allegations against the women MPs, stating that Birla claimed to have "concrete information" suggesting that some Congress MPs might carry ...Read More >
Also read: JeM commander among 2 terrorists killed in J&K's Kishtwar in encounter with security forces "Such conduct palpably transcends the ambit of legitimate dissent, metamorphosing into a blatant assault on public order. It imperils not merely the event's sanctity but also the Republic's diplomatic image before foreign stakeholders, rendering it wholly unprotected by constitutional safeguards," the court said, according to Bar and Bench. The court said this as it rejected on Saturday the b ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (PTI) The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday quashed the defamation proceedings initiated by the BJP against top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The case was filed in 2023, when BJP was in power in Karnataka, following a "corruption rate card" published by the then opposition Congress to claim large scale irregularities prevailing in the state under the saffron party's rule. Along with Gandhi, now Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, the BJP had accused the then Karnataka LoP Siddar ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Mandhira Kapur Smith, sister of late industrialist Sunjay Kapur, while hearing a defamation suit filed by his wife, Priya S Kapur. A bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna heard the matter. During the hearing, the court directed both sides to refrain from making statements against each other. "Both parties are directed to exercise restraint in making statements on each other, directly or indirectly," the judge said. Priya Kapur, in her plea, ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 17 (PTI) The Mumbai Congress on Wednesday took out a protest march to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office here, alleging misuse of central agencies by the BJP-led Union government in the National Herald case, and demanded an apology from the ruling party to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The protest march was led by Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad, who alleged that the ED was acting at the behest of the Modi government to harass the Congress leadership ...Read More >
Mumbai, December 17: Popular gamer and YouTuber Payal Dhare, known as Payal Gaming, issued a statement on Wednesday, December 17, to address a controversy involving a viral video. In her statement, she expressed her distress over the situation, clarifying that the content circulating online - which many have identified as an AI-generated deepfake - has no connection to her. Payal Gaming wrote: "I never expected to have to speak publicly about something so personal and distressing. Over the past ...Read More >
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of allegedly objectionable social media content about Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary, reported Live Law. Choudhary had filed the defamation suit on December 2, alleging that there was a video on social media platforms, including Facebook and YouTube, with sexual undertones and his photo on the thumbnail. He alleged that this implied the male voice in the video was his, which he denied. He also alleged that th ...Read More >
Mumbai, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) NCP received a major blow after the Nashik session court upheld the two-year sentence handed down to sports minister Manikrao Kokate in the case of illegally acquiring a government flat using forged documents. In the wake of the court's order, Kokate's ministership hangs in the balance. Those who filed an intervention petition opposing bail for Minister Kokate have submitted documents to the Bombay High Court. Minister Kokate had hogged the headlines after a vid ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday ordered the removal of allegedly defamatory and objectionable content circulating on social media platforms against Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary. While hearing a defamation suit filed by Choudhary, a single-judge Bench of Justice Amit Bansal observed that the nature of the content warranted immediate consideration at the interim stage. The suit filed by Choudhary sought directions to remove vi ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu delivered a standout economic performance in 2024-25; its well-balanced growth model translated into a sustained surge in gross state domestic product (GSDP). A pickup across sectors enabled the state to post the highest nominal GSDP growth of 16% in 2024-25, according to the latest RBI data. This momentum has cemented TN's position as India's second-largest state economy, behind only Maharashtra, while delivering the fastest compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.59% between 2020 ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: A lawyer practising in the Gujarat high court has issued a legal notice to filmmaker Aditya Dhar and Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, accusing them of defaming the Baloch community in the recently released Hindi film 'Dhurandhar'. He alleged that the filmmakers used vulgar, offensive and derogatory language to describe the community.Advocate Nabil Baloch took exception to a dialogue spoken by Dutt's character, SP Chaudhary Aslam, a Pakistani police officer, which states: "You can trust cr ...Read More >
Jaipur, Dec 15 (PTI) Facing allegations of corruption in the release of MLA-LAD funds, independent MLA in Rajasthan Ritu Banawat on Monday alleged that she was being "politically framed" as part of a conspiracy. The MLA from Bayana claimed she was pressured to issue a letter for the release of funds even for the year 2026, but she had refused to do so. A sting operation by a newspaper accused Banawat, the BJP MLA from Khinvsar, Revantram Danga, and the Congress MLA from Hindaun, Anita Jatav, o ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 15 (PTI) A court here on Monday granted bail to activist Rahul Easwar in a case related to the alleged defamation of a woman on whose complaint MLA Rahul Mamkootathil was booked for sexual harassment and forced abortion charges. Easwar was granted bail after spending around 15 days in judicial custody. When the bail application came up before the Thiruvananthapuram District and Principal Sessions Court, the prosecution strongly opposed the plea, contending that the accu ...Read More >
Ahead of the Congress' rally over the "vote theft" issue, the BJP on Sunday (December 14, 2025) alleged that the main Opposition party was holding the event in its bid to "protect infiltrators" from being removed from the electoral rolls. The ruling BJP asserted that the Congress will not succeed in its design of misleading people as well as "insulting and defaming" constitutional institutions, because the entire world knows that India's democracy is "very robust". Stepping up its campaign aga ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 1 (ANI): Activist Rahul Easwar on Monday who was was taken into custody in Thiruvananthapuram on November 30, for allegedly defaming and disclosing the identity of the woman who has accused Palakkad MLA Rahul Mamkootathil of rape, has described his ongoing legal situation as a "freedom struggle for men." Easwar who was arresed yesterday alleging that the police had violated Supreme Court guidelines while acting against him in the sexual-assault comp ...Read More >
New Delhi: Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has been sent back to jail after a Special MP-MLA Magistrate Court in Rampur sentenced him and his son, Abdullah Azam, to seven years' imprisonment in the dual PAN card case. Khan, who has faced more than 100 criminal cases over the years, was previously jailed for nearly 23 months before securing bail in September 2025. Just days before this new conviction, Khan received a brief legal reprieve when a Lucknow court acquitted him in a 2014 case. ...Read More >
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged that Congress and Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi are politicizing Zubeen Garg's death by bringing non-fans to his cremation site, disturbing peace. He also stated that some sections from the Miya community disrupted the cremation site. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that some sections from the Miya community are disturbing peace at singer Zubeen Garg's cremation site. Sarma alleged that Congress and Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi are politicising ...Read More >
People have been found misusing the name of the media for "blackmail, extortion, coercion of officials and circulation of unverified and defamatory material against public institutions and officers," said Joint Director Information of Kashmir Authorities in Kashmir have called for heightened vigilance in view of repeated complaints of blackmail or extortion by some individuals posing as journalists. In a communication to district information officers in the Valley, Joint Director Information ( ...Read More >
Srinagar- Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has directed officers to take strict action against fake journalists operating in Jammu and Kashmir and to ensure that only bona fide media professionals are recognised and engaged by government departments, official said. According to officials privy to the meeting, the issue of "fake journalists" was discussed during yesterday's high-level review meeting chaired by the Lieutenant Governor in Srinagar. The matter, which had also figured in the recently ...Read More >
Mumbai: In a significant statement from the corporate world, Anil Ambani's led Reliance Group on Wednesday hit out at what it described as a "deliberate and sustained campaign of calumny, disinformation, and character assassination" allegedly orchestrated by certain corporate rivals. The strong statement from the Anil Ambani led group came after receiving media queries regarding a proposed press conference by the now-defunct online platform Cobrapost. Reliance Group has said in its response tha ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has directed both sides to file written submissions in the defamation case filed by former Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede against Netflix, Shah Rukh Khan, and the makers of the web series The Ba***ds Of Bollywood over his portrayal in the Aryan Khan drug case. Justice Pushpendra Kaurav has listed the next hearing for November 10, and both sides have been asked to submit written arguments by November 6. Wankhede is seeking Rs 2 crore in damages ...Read More >
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