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Bail granted to suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad in defamation case

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A Delhi court today granted bail to suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad and two others in a criminal defamation complaint of an under-19 cricketer’s father for allegedly making false statements with “mala fide intention” regarding his son’s selection in team for Vijay Hazare Trophy. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh granted the relief to Azad, former cricketer […]

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Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine

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The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings in 18 defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Tamil bi-weekly ‘Nakkheeran’ Editor R R Gopal. Justice P N Prakash ordered the stay while admitting petitions filed by Gopal seeking quashing of the criminal defamation cases filed against him since 2006 and pending in the […]

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Rahul to SC, prefer to face trial in RSS defamation case

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Rahul Gandhi today preferred to face trial as an accused in a defamation case for his remark against the RSS on the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, telling the Supreme Court he stood by every word of his statement made during a poll rally in 2014. The Congress Vice President expressed his readiness to face trial […]

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Kejriwal, Sanjay get bail in defamation case

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leader Sanjay Singh were today granted bail by a local court here after they appeared in connection with a defamation case filed by Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. The court has fixed October 15 as the next date for hearing. “Arvind Kejriwal and Sanjay Singh today appeared […]

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SC critical of magistrate ordering probe in Rahul defamation case

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The Supreme Court was today critical of the trial court in Maharashtra asking the cops to probe the criminal defamation complaint lodged against Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his remarks allegedly accusing RSS for assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. The apex court said “prima facie the procedure of taking cognizance by the judicial magistrate is […]

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“No prejudice if civil, criminal cases go together”

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today told Delhi High Court that “no prejudice” would be caused to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal if the civil and criminal defamation proceedings continued side by side. “No prejudice would be caused to the AAP leaders if both the civil suit before the high court and the criminal proceedings before […]

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Kejriwal granted day’s exemption in defamation case

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was summoned as accused in a criminal defamation complaint filed against him by BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, was today granted exemption from personal appearance by a court here. Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh granted the relief to Kejriwal after his counsel moved an exemption plea on his behalf, sumitting that […]

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Ashutosh opposes in Delhi HC fresh allegation of Jaitley

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Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Ashutosh today moved Delhi High Court opposing fresh allegations made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a defamation case against him and other party leaders to which they have been asked to respond. The matter came up before a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and R K Gauba […]

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Court refuses to stay defamation case against Kejriwal, 5 others

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A court here today rejected the plea of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to stay the proceedings in a criminal defamation case filed against him and five other AAP leaders by Union minister Arun Jaitley. The application moved by senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on behalf of Kejriwal before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass said there […]

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Defamation case: Arvind Kejriwal, 5 other AAP leaders get bail

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Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal and five other AAP leaders, who were summoned as accused in a criminal defamaiton case filed against them by Union Minister Arun Jaitley, were today granted bail by a Delhi court. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass granted the relief to Kejriwal and AAP leaders Ashutosh, Sanjay Singh, Kumar Vishwas, Raghav Chadha and […]

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Court summons Kejriwal, 5 others in Jaitley’s defamation case

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and five other Aam Aadmi Party leaders were today summoned as accused by a court here in a criminal defamation complaint filed against them by Union Finance ministerArun Jaitley and asked to appear before it on April seven. Besides Kejriwal, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass also summoned Kumar Vishwas, Ashutosh, […]

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Former MP Anadi Sahu summoned to depose before court

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A local court here issued summons to former MP and ex-IGP Anadi Sahu to depose before it either in person or through his lawyer on April 5 in connection with a civil defamation case filed by former DGP Sanjeev Marik. The summons was issued by the Senior Division Civil Court. Marik had on March 4 […]

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