{"id":37250,"date":"2015-04-08T06:20:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T06:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37250"},"modified":"2015-04-08T06:20:51","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T06:20:51","slug":"sc-seeks-centres-response-on-a-pil-challenging-penal-laws-on-defamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-centres-response-on-a-pil-challenging-penal-laws-on-defamation","title":{"rendered":"SC seeks Centre\u2019s response on a PIL challenging penal laws on defamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging constitutional validity of two penal provisions relating to the offence of defamation.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/supreme-court2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" data-attachment-id=\"37252\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/sc-seeks-centres-response-on-a-pil-challenging-penal-laws-on-defamation\/supreme-court-215\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/supreme-court2.png?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"261,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"supreme court\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/supreme-court2.png?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37252\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/supreme-court2.png?resize=261%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"supreme court\" \/><\/a>also asked senior advocates K Parasaran and T R Andhyarujina to assist it as amicus curiae in the case.<\/p>\n<p>SC seeks Centre\u2019s response on a PIL challenging penal laws on defamation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court today asked the Centre to respond to a plea of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy challenging constitutional validity of two penal provisions relating to the offence of defamation. 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