Defamation Case
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Rahul Gandhi reaches court to record statement in defamation case
India | Jun 24, 2021, 10:58 AM ISTSenior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday morning arrived at a Surat court to record his statement in a criminal defamation case.
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VHP suggests Ram Temple Trust to file defamation case against persons over corruption allegations
News | Jun 15, 2021, 09:29 AM ISTVishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Alok Kumar suggested Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust to file defamation case against persons levelling false allegations against the Trust.
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Comedian Sunil Pal records statement with Mumbai police over FIR for 'defaming' doctors
Entertainment | May 27, 2021, 03:57 PM ISTAccording to the complaint, Sunil Pal made an alleged derogatory comments against doctors during a show on an entertainment channel.
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Amit Shah summoned by Bengal court after Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee files defamation case
India | Feb 19, 2021, 07:05 PM ISTThe judge directed that Amit Shah's attendance either personally or through a lawyer is necessary to answer to a charge of defamation under section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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Caravan suit: Jairam Ramesh tenders apology to Vivek Doval, case closed
India | Dec 19, 2020, 01:26 PM ISTIn the letter of apology, Ramesh ruled that he should have conducted independent verification on the facts of the articles before making accusations against him, his family and business in a press conference. The apology was accepted by Vivek Doval.
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Shoaib Akhtar responds to Rizvi's defamation notice; calls it legally defective, demands apology
Cricket | May 13, 2020, 10:47 AM ISTRizvi, the long-serving legal counsel of the Pakistan Cricket Board, sent the defamation notice after, on his YouTube channel, Akhtar called him "inept" while criticising the three-year ban imposed on discarded Test batsman Umar Akmal.
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Tharoor in High Court against summons in defamation case
India | Mar 12, 2020, 02:46 PM ISTCongress MP Shashi Tharoor has moved the Delhi High Court, challenging a trial court order summoning him in a defamation complaint over his remark that an unnamed RSS leader had compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "a scorpion sitting on a Shivling".
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Jeff Bezos sued by girlfriend Lauren's brother over defamation
World | Feb 02, 2020, 10:47 PM ISTAmazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will now fight a family battle as Michael Sanchez, brother of his girlfriend Lauren Sanchez, has filed a lawsuit against him, alleging that the world's richest man defamed him by saying that Michael leaked intimate photos and texts to the National Enquirer.
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Defamation case: Delhi High Court stays proceedings against Kejriwal
India | Dec 10, 2019, 12:58 PM ISTThe Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed proceedings in a criminal defamation case against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for re-tweeting an allegedly defamatory video by YouTuber Dhruv Rathee in May 2018.
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Reham Khan wins defamation case, pay-out, apology
World | Nov 14, 2019, 10:05 AM ISTFollowing the verdict, Reham Khan said: "I am glad that justice has finally prevailed... I have never received any kind of money from Shehbaz Sharif for writing my book... These allegations have put my life at risk and have repercussions for me for all my life. I hope that my victory and vindication serves as a catalyst for ethical journalism and honest politics in Pakistan.
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Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi appears before Surat court
News | Oct 10, 2019, 02:02 PM ISTDefamation case: Rahul Gandhi appears before Surat court, terms the case as politically motivated
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Rahul Gandhi pleads not guilty in defamation case over 'Modi' remark
India | Oct 10, 2019, 12:34 PM ISTTaking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said, "I am in Surat today to appear in a defamation case filed against me by my political opponents, desperate to silence me."
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Defamation Case: Rahul Gandhi to appear in Surat court today
News | Oct 10, 2019, 09:12 AM ISTThe case was filed against him for saying 'why all thieves share the Modi surname' during the Lok Sabha poll campaign earlier this year.
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BJP files defamation case against Digvijay Singh over ISI remark
India | Sep 19, 2019, 10:32 AM ISTThe senior Congress leader has committed a "grave offence" causing injury to the BJP, its leaders and the public at large by his defamatory statements, the petitioner stated.
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Gujarat bank defamation case: Rahul Gandhi seeks documents
India | Sep 08, 2019, 12:32 PM ISTThe court issued notice to the bank, seeking its stand by October 11 on on Gandhi's demand for documents.
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Court summons BJP leader Harish Khurana in defamation case, complaint against Manoj Tiwari dismissed
India | Aug 28, 2019, 10:46 PM ISTThe court passed its order on the complaint of Sushil Kumar, an Aam Aadmi Party worker who alleged that Khurana, as well as BJP leader Manoj Tiwari, had defamed him. It directed Khurana to appear before it, saying that "prima facie there exists sufficient grounds to proceed against Khurana for making defamatory remarks on Twitter."
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HC notice to Vijender Gupta on Arvind Kejriwal's plea to quash summons in defamation case
India | Aug 23, 2019, 01:17 PM ISTJustice Manoj Kumar Ohri issued notice to the state of NCT and Gupta seeking their stand on Kejriwal's plea by November 20, the next date of hearing.
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Bombay High Court quashes defamation proceedings against Ratan Tata, others
India | Jul 22, 2019, 02:40 PM ISTIn December 2018, a magistrate court in the city issued notices to Ratan Tata and the others in the criminal defamation case filed by Wadia. He filed the case in 2016 after he was voted out of the boards of some Tata Group companies.
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Defamation complaint filed against TMC MP Mahua Moitra
India | Jul 19, 2019, 06:23 PM ISTA criminal complaint was on Friday filed in a court in Delhi against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra by Zee Media Corporation Ltd, accusing her of defaming the news channel.
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Court examines 2 witnesses in Akbar's defamation suit
India | Jul 17, 2019, 10:02 PM ISTA Delhi court on Wednesday examined two more witnesses in connection with the defamation complaint filed by former Union Minister M.J. Akbar against journalist Priya Ramani after she levelled sexual harassment charges against him.