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Madras High Court orders Sun TV to pay Rs 10 lakh to actress R Sukanya over 1996 Veerappan interview
June 06, 2026 1:16 pm
The Madras High Court was hearing an appeal filed by Sun TV Network Limited against a 2015 order of a trial court challenging the award of Rs 10 lakh in damages and a permanent injunction granted in favour of the actress.
Delhi High Court orders ‘X’ to remove ‘communal’ posts against lawyer couple
April 16, 2026 2:40 pm
Granting interim relief to the couple, the Delhi High court restrained anonymous social media users and others from publishing or circulating the alleged content against them during the pendency of the case.
Sri Lankan judge’s Karnataka HC petition over 'defamatory' articles is ‘adventurous’ and not maintainable: Google
March 17, 2026 1:48 pm
Justice A H M D Nawaz of the Sri Lankan Supreme Court moved the Karnataka High Court seeking a direction to remove allegedly defamatory content and URLs of news reports against him.
Sanjay Raut acquitted in defamation case filed by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife
February 26, 2026 2:08 pm
Medha Somaiya’s defamation suit relates to Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut’s alleged statements accusing her husband of a role in a ‘toilet scam’ in the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation.
‘False, unverified info’: Sourav Ganguly slaps Rs 50-crore legal notice on a fan club secretary after Messi fiasco
December 19, 2025 4:34 pm
Ganguly also filed a cyber complaint against Uttam Saha over remarks he allegedly made in a recent media interview regarding the event at Salt Lake Stadium
'Liking a tweet means republication': Delhi court orders TV journalist Gargi Rawat to pay Rs 10,000 to Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for liking 'defamatory' post
September 10, 2025 6:42 pm
The case pertains to Rawat's act of liking an X post by Dushyant Arora who had supported Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub's criticism of a December 2019 article by Iyer-Mitra titled 'In Rana Ayyub, the White West has found its next Arundhati Roy'.
Gujarat Congress leader files complaint against news channel editor, anchor for defamation
July 26, 2025 10:21 pm
Dr Tushar Chaudhary is a former Union Minister and newly appointed Congress Legislature Party leader in the Gujarat Assembly. The complaint was registered in Tapi district under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Atrocity Act.
Defamation case: Delhi court issues non-bailable warrant against social activist Medha Patkar
April 24, 2025 4:33 am
Medha Patkar had appealed her conviction in a defamation case filed against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in 2000. Saxena headed an NGO in Gujarat at the time.
Politicians targeting rivals is not defamation: Delhi court
March 27, 2025 2:08 am
Darjeeling MP from BJP Raju Bista had lodged the case against BJP's Kurseong (West Bengal) MLA Bishnu Prasad Sharma alleging that he had harmed his reputation by stating during a press conference in April 2024 that the former had been involved in corrupt practices related to the Jal Jeevan Mission project.
In defamation case against L-G, Delhi court dismisses Medha Patkar’s application to introduce new witness
March 18, 2025 9:12 pm
Medha Patkar wanted to examine a witness who hadn't initially been named in the list of witnesses.
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