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  Criticism of government cannot invite sedition, defamation charges: Supreme Court

  India | September 05, 2016 18:45 IST

  The Supreme Court today sent out a clear message stating that sedition or defamation cases cannot be slapped on anyone for criticising the government. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and U U Lalit said,

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  Arvind Kejriwal, others delaying defamation proceedings: Arun Jaitley to Delhi High Court

  Politics | April 19, 2016 22:58 IST

  Arun Jaitley today claimed in Delhi High Court that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five others were doing "everything possible" to delay the proceedings against them in a civil defamation suit filed by him.

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  'No reputation, character': Jaitley returns Kejriwal's barb in kind

  Politics | February 06, 2016 10:38 IST

  New Delhi: Slamming Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for having launched a "calculated" defamatory campaign against him and his family with "ulterior motives" to get

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  DDCA to drag Kejriwal, Azad to court for defamation

  Cricket | December 30, 2015 21:08 IST

  New Delhi: DDCA today decided to file a defamation case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad and other top AAP functionaries for making “wild and baseless” allegations of corruption

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  Delhi-based journalist accuses Twitter user of defamation, files FIR

  India | June 11, 2015 11:12 IST

  New Delhi: Delhi-based journalist, Swati Chaturvedi, has lodged a complaint against an anonymous Twitter user, accusing him of "defamation" and "character assassination" on the social networking website.Chaturvedi lodged a complaint yesterday at the Vasant Vihar

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  Defamation complaint against Markandey Katju dismissed by UP court

  India | April 08, 2015 19:23 IST

  Muzaffarnagar (UP): A court in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday dismissed a defamation complaint filed by a local lawyer against former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju for his statement against Mahatma Gandhi and Subhash Chandra Bose.Additional Chief

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  SC to examine whether defamation in IPC unreasonably restrictive

  India | April 08, 2015 7:34 IST

  New Delhi: The Supreme Court will examine whether Indian Penal Code (IPC)'s section 499 relating to defamation and section 500 providing for punishment for defamation travelled beyond the constitutional provision imposing reasonable restriction on the

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  Nitin Gadkari appears in court, quizzed by Kejriwal lawyer in defamation case

  Politics | March 21, 2015 21:03 IST

  New Delhi: Union minister Nitin Gadkari appeared in a court here on Saturday in connection with a defamation case he had filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.Gadkari, who appeared before Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha,

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  Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia, Yogendra Yadav appear before Delhi court in defamation case

  Politics | March 17, 2015 19:13 IST

  New Delhi:  A Delhi court on Tuesday criticised Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal along with senior Aam Aadmi Party leaders Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav in connection with a defamation case.It was for the first time

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  Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja sues Rajkot newspaper for defamation

  Cricket | January 21, 2015 7:17 IST

  Jamnagar (Gujarat): Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja on Tuesday filed a defamation suit against the editor of a Rajkot-based evening newspaper for defamation, seeking damages of Rs 51 crore.Principal senior civil judge P B Parmar issued

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  Delhi High Court refuses to waive Rs 3 lakh fine imposed on Sheila Dikshit

  Politics | December 19, 2014 19:36 IST

  New Delhi:  The Delhi High Court today refused to waive the Rs 3 lakh fine imposed on former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit by a lower court for failing to appear before it in a

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  Ramdev faces Rs 1,000 cr defamation suit for remark on Rahul

  India | May 09, 2014 21:19 IST

  Ahmedabad: An NGO here has filed a civil defamation suit against yoga guru Baba Ramdev, seeking damages of Rs 1,000 crore, for making an anti-Dalit remark while taking a dig at the Congress vice president

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  Defamation case filed against TMC gen secy Mukul Roy

  Politics | September 09, 2013 22:21 IST

  Burdwan (WB): A criminal defamation case was today filed in a Burdwan district court against Trinamool Congress general secretary Mukul Roy for alleged defamatory comments made by him against a slain CPI(M) leader.  The case

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  Gadkari vows to teach a lesson to media houses 'defaming' him

  Politics | October 29, 2012 17:44 IST

  Nagpur, Oct 29:  Back home after securing endorsement from his party, a combative BJP chief Nitin Gadkari today threatened to file civil and criminal cases against media houses “defaming” him as part of a “conspiracy”

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  Congress describes Chautala's charges on Rahul's land purchase as defamatory

  Politics | October 17, 2012 23:01 IST

  New Delhi, Oct 17: The Congress today described as “entirely false, utterly baseless and defamatory” charges made by INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala about purchase of land by Rahul Gandhi in Hodal, Haryana. The party

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  Anti-Bullying Teen, 'DWTS', Gaga Get GLAAD Award

  Hollywood | March 25, 2012 15:59 IST

  New York, Mar 25: A teenager who's campaigning to make it easier for children to see an upcoming documentary about bullying, the producers of the NBC musical drama "Smash" and Lady Gaga were among the