Case stemmed from Adani Enterprises’ complaint alleging he made ‘scandalous, defamatory’ posts on X targeting Adani Group, as well as on adaniwatch.org.
District judge of Saket Courts Sachin Mittal issued ad interim ex-parte injunction, an urgent order without hearing the other side, saying 'the law of defamation protects reputation'.
Case filed on BJP leader Dushyant Gautam's complaint; former BJP MLA Suresh Rathore and actor Urmila Sanawar also booked over audio clips that triggered fresh demands for probe.
HC set guidelines for police to follow in such cases, and said they must stop 'mechanical or mindless' registration of FIRs in relation to harsh & critical political speeches.
Convicting editor, court says reproducing someone's statements doesn’t exempt publisher from liability, & they must verify what they print if they wish to claim they acted in ‘good faith’.
Court was acting on defamation plea filed by journalists of Newslaundry including executive editor Manisha Pande, seeking a written apology and damages worth Rs 2 crore from Mitra.
In Ilmi’s defamation case against Sardesai, court ruled there was invasion of her privacy regarding footage recorded without her consent but also noted she had suppressed her tweets.
Dismissing case against Shashi Tharoor, court said he had not made 'false & malicious' claims against BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekar; adding TV news can fall into scheme of sentimentalisation.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
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