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Court grants exemption to Rahul Gandhi from appearance in ‘Modi surname’ Defamation Case

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The Court posted the matter for further hearing on Oct 10. The Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate B H Kapadia last week had issued summons to Gandhi after finding that there was prima facie a case of criminal defamation against him under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). When the case came up […]

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Delhi HC exempts Kejriwal from personal appearance in defamation

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The Delhi High Court today exempted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal from personal appearance before a trial court on December 11 in a criminal defamation complaint filed by Rajya Sabha MP Subhash Chandra. A bench of Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal also issued notice to Delhi Police and Chandra seeking their response on the chief minister’s plea […]

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Gujarat HC reserves order on The Wire plea against lower court gag

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The Gujarat High Court today reserved its order on a petition filed by online news portal ‘The Wire’ challenging a gag order passed by a lower court in a civil defamation case filed by BJP chief Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah. Jay Shah submitted his affidavit before the high court judge Paresh Upadhyay today. In […]

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Ex-TV anchor, AAP leader wants Jaitley to testify in Hindi

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Aam Aadmi Party leader and former TV anchor Ashutosh today moved a city court seeking re-examination of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in vernacular Hindi in a defamation case filed by the BJP leader against him, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the DDCA row. The former journalist, who has himself been putting forth AAP’s […]

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Madras HC restrains police from arresting Dhinakaran in defamation case

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The Madras High Court today restrained the police from arresting AIADMK rebel leader TTV Dhinakaran in connection with a defamation case filed against him by a party MP, who is supporting Chief Minister K Palaniswami. In an interim order, Justice S S Sundar of Madurai bench also barred the police from arresting actor and AIADMK […]

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Defamation case: Court slaps Rs 10K fine on Medha Patkar, warns her

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A Delhi court today imposed Rs 10,000 as costs on NBA activist Medha Patkar for her repeated failure to appear before it in defamation cases filed by her and KVIC Chairman V K Saxena against each other. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid granted one last opportunity to the activist while warning that he will dismiss her […]

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Court takes cognisance of defamation case against ex-Delhi Min

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A Delhi court today took cognisance of a criminal defamation complaint filed by Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain against sacked minister Kapil Mishra for allegedly defaming him by levelling graft charges against him. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon listed the matter for July 14 for recording pre-summoning evidence in support of complaint of Jain, who […]

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Sushil Modi records statement in defamation case

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Senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today recorded his statement in a Patna court in connection with the defamation case he had filed against two RJD spokespersons for levelling “baseless” and “false” charges against him. Sushil Modi had filed the defamation case on May 2 against Manoj Jha and Chittranjan Gagan, both RJD spokespersons, for […]

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Heated exchanges between Jaitley and Jethmalani in Delhi HC

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Heated exchanges were witnessed between Union Minister Arun Jaitley and senior advocate Ram Jethmalani in the Delhi High Court today during the former’s cross-examination in a defamation case against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The recording of Jaitley’s statement in a civil defamation suit of Rs 10 crore filed by him against Kejriwal and other AAP […]

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Court takes cognisance of defamation case against Cong leader

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A Delhi court has taken cognisance of a criminal defamation case against Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil by a state-run company over his statement alleging scam in the procurement of LED bulbs for government use. Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria took note of the complaint filed by Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Services Ltd […]

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Delhi HC exempts Akshay Kumar from appearance in defamation case

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The Delhi High Court today exempted actor Akshay Kumar from personal appearance before a trial court in a defamation case filed by Bata footwear company which had objected to a dialogue in his film ‘Jolly LLB 2’. “Till the next date of hearing the petitioner (Kumar) is exempted from personal appearance before trial court,” Justice […]

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Vyapam: Chouhan deposes before court in defamation case

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today deposed before a court in connection with a defamation suit filed by the state government on his behalf against a Congress leader for “maligning” him and his wife in relation to the multi-crore Vyapam scam. The suit was filed against state Congress chief spokesman K K Mishra […]

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