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Tuesday, February 17, 2026
TopicDefamation

Topic: Defamation

1-yr jail for journalist Ravi Nair in Adani defamation case. What court said on ‘responsible reporting’

Case stemmed from Adani Enterprises’ complaint alleging he made ‘scandalous, defamatory’ posts on X targeting Adani Group, as well as on adaniwatch.org.

Why Delhi court used John Doe injunction to block YouTube video against ‘Chhatarpur Wale Guruji’

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'.

Bail for 2 Telugu TV journalists arrested for ‘defamatory content’ on woman IAS & Telangana minister

Journalist associations accused Congress govt of carrying out 'witch hunt'. Police action came after news channel NTV aired an apology.

FIR against Congress, AAP & 3 others for linking BJP gen secy Gautam to Ankita Bhandari murder case

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.

No FIR without aggrieved party’s plaint—Telangana HC on cases over social media posts, speeches

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.

VK Saxena’s defamation case against Medha Patkar & why Delhi HC upheld her conviction

Delhi HC granted Patkar minor relief by modifying a condition of her probation, which was allowed by sessions court this April.

Why Himachal HC reversed acquittal of newspaper editor over 2004 ‘defamatory’ report calling man ‘gunda’

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’.

Lambasted by Delhi HC, Abhijit Iyer Mitra to take down offensive X posts on women journalists

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.

Shazia Ilmi vs Rajdeep Sardesai: Why Delhi HC slapped costs of Rs 25,000 on BJP spokesperson

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.

Delhi court draws line between freedom of speech, defamation in quashing case against Tharoor

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.

On Camera

Imagine if Epstein files named Rahul Gandhi or MK Stalin. What would BJP and TV media do?

The questions are not going to go away. But future generations will know who refused to ask the tough questions and who didn’t.

Tamil Nadu FM presents interim budget, attacks Centre for ‘artificially inflating’ state’s debt

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.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.