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Law of Defamation, Newspaper Publication & Journalistic Improprieties
/ | Leave a CommentPreface: Defamation means to take away or destroy the good fame or reputation; to speak evil of; to charge falsely or to asperse. According to Winfield, ‘defamation’ is the publication of statement which tends to lower a person in the estimation of right-thinking members of society generally or which tends to make them shun or […]
Read more »Examination of Section 66A of the Information Technology Act
/ | Leave a CommentTechnology changes the dimension of the society. Obscenity in electronic form, morphing of images, defamation, text bullying, stalking, spamming, unsolicited emails, criminal intimidation, extortion, public mischief, insult, threat to cause injury have penetrated in this modern society with the help of cyber technology. Under this back drop the legislative body incorporated section 66 A under […]
Read more »Media & Tort of Defamation
/ | Leave a CommentFreedom of Media One of the paradoxes is that Freedom of the Media to which our Founding Fathers were greatly attached finds no mention in Part III of our Constitution which guarantees certain fundamental rights. There is no specific guarantee of Freedom of the Media as in the Constitutions of other countries. In the course […]
Read more »TRIAL BY MEDIA-“a legal dilemma”
/ | Leave a CommentRAJ PRASHAR Introduction The media is the gatekeeper and watch dog of the society. The media acts as multifaceted institution with multiple activities. It takes the message simultaneously from all the parties involved and builds the opinion on an issue,with definitely threatens the establishment from violating rights with the growth of the number of news […]
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