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Senior Haryana IPS officer files ₹1 Cr defamation suit against judge
The defamation suit, filed in a Gurugram court on Monday, stems from comments made during a February 2022 bail hearing in connection with a multi-crore heist case
Updated on Sep 19, 2024 06:44 AM IST
Tripura minister to file defamation suit against Congress leader over graft allegation
Tripura’s tribal welfare minister Bikash Debbarma said Congress legislator Sudip Roy Barman raised baseless allegation against him to tarnish his image
Published on Sep 15, 2024 04:07 PM IST
Priyanka Deb Barman
Delhi HC's directive to X, Google on defamation case by Om Birla's daughter
Anjali Birla, daughter of Om Birla, filed a defamation suit in the Delhi HC to remove social media posts that allege she passed UPSC due to her father.
Updated on Jul 23, 2024 04:10 PM IST
Remarks on Guv not defamatory, Mamata tells HC
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee opposes defamation suit by Governor Ananda Bose over women's safety comments at Raj Bhavan; legal battle escalates.
Updated on Jul 16, 2024 12:18 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
From Medha Patkar to Rahul Gandhi: A look at key defamation cases
Several politicians, activists and journalists have been at the centre of high-profile defamation cases.
Published on Jul 04, 2024 11:57 PM IST
Calcutta HC to hear Bengal Guv’s defamation suit against Banerjee on July 10
Bose filed the suit against Banerjee on June 28, a day after she said before the media that several women had told her that they were afraid to visit the Raj Bhawan
Published on Jul 04, 2024 05:22 PM IST
Bengal governor vs Mamata Banerjee: Calcutta HC to hear defamation suit today
The Calcutta high court is scheduled to hear a defamation suit on Wednesday, filed by Governor C V Ananda Bose against chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Published on Jul 03, 2024 11:10 AM IST
Governor vs CM in Bengal is an unedifying spectacle
The open war between the Raj Bhavan and the West Bengal CM’s office needs to be placed in the context of reports concerning overreach by governors
Published on Jun 30, 2024 11:40 PM IST
HT Editorial
Santanu Sinha's clarification on Amit Malviya post: 'Caution against honey trap'
Santanu Sinha claimed the Congress was spreading a "hate campaign" against Amit Malviya.
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 01:33 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
Karnataka: Congress' DK Shivakumar calls BJP defamation case 'bogus'
Rahul Gandhi arrived in Bengaluru earlier in the day to appear before a special court in the city in connection with the case.
Published on Jun 07, 2024 10:20 AM IST
ANI | | Posted by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
EPS appears in court in a defamation case
DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran submitted that EPS, during the election campaign, made statements that he didn’t use 75% of his MP funds and hence defamed him
Updated on May 15, 2024 08:52 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Hunter Biden threatens Fox News with ‘imminent’ defamation suit
Hunter Biden’s legal team threatens Fox News with a defamation suit, demanding action against the spread of “intimate” images and baseless allegations.
Published on Apr 30, 2024 08:09 AM IST
Lawyer Jai Dehadrai withdraws defamation case against Mahua Moitra in Delhi HC
Dahadrai’s counsel suggested that the present case could be put to an end if Moitra was willing to “de-escalate” by undertaking that she would not make “palpably false” statements
Published on Apr 25, 2024 04:47 PM IST
CM Mann moves application to dismiss defamation suit by Sukhbir
On January 11, Sukhbir had filed a case against Mann seeking ₹1 crore in damages for allegedly making “malicious” allegations against the Badal family during a debate at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana in November last year.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 07:00 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Bathinda
Wankhede sues actor Rakhi Sawant, Munmun Dhamecha’s lawyer
Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede files defamation suit against Rakhi Sawant and advocate Ali Kaashif Khan, seeking ₹11 lakh in damages and a restraining order.
Updated on Mar 20, 2024 06:42 AM IST
Rutuja Gaidhani, Mumbai
Stalin files suit against EPS, TN BJP chief for linking him to drug cartel
Tamil Nadu chief minister MK Stalin on Thursday filed defamation suit against AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) and state BJP chief K Annamalai for linking him to an international drug cartel and its alleged kingpin AK Jaffar Sadiq
Updated on Mar 15, 2024 08:48 AM IST
Divya Chandrababu, Chennai
Defamation suit by Sukhbir Badal: Muktsar court tells Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to submit written reply on March 19
On January 11, Sukhbir had filed a case against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann seeking ₹1 crore in damages for allegedly making “malicious” allegations against the Badal family during a debate at the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) in Ludhiana in November last year.
Published on Feb 19, 2024 09:14 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Bathinda
AASU chief advisor files ₹100 cr defamation suit against former NRC coordinator
Bhattacharya said he filed a Rs.100 crore defamation suit at a district court in Kamrup. He said that he waited for an apology from Sarma before taking legal action.
Published on Feb 16, 2024 03:17 PM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha
Delhi HC refuses to quash summons issued to Kejriwal in YoutTube video defamation case
The court observed that the aggrieved person would be much larger if a public figure, with millions of followers, retweets any defamatory content
Published on Feb 05, 2024 04:32 PM IST
Not maintainable, says Dhoni on defamation suit filed by his Ex-Business partners in Delhi HC
Former Indian Cricket Team MS Dhoni through his counsel submitted before the Delhi High Court that the defamation suit filed by two ex-business partners against him is not maintainable.
Published on Jan 29, 2024 01:29 PM IST
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Bamnoli land acquisition: HC reserves order on Delhi chief secretary's plea for interim relief
Bamnoli land acquisition: HC reserves order on Delhi chief secretary's plea for interim relief
Published on Nov 21, 2023 02:57 PM IST
PTI |
Mahua Moitra's lawyer recuses from case after HC rap on Dehadrai 'coercion' bid
Mahua Moitra has filed a defamation suit in the court against BJP MP Dubey and Dehadrai for accusing her of accepting bribes to ask questions in Parliament.
Updated on Oct 20, 2023 01:56 PM IST
Vaibhav Tiwari
TMC MP Moitra files defamation suit against BJP MP, SC advocate
Dubey claimed that Dehadrai had “shared irrefutable evidence of bribes exchanged” between her and Hiranandani
Updated on Oct 18, 2023 07:02 AM IST
Court directs suspension of X account busting ‘medical myths’
A local court in Bengaluru on Thursday asked the social media platform X (previously Twitter) to suspend the handle of Kerala-based hepatologist Cyriac Abby Philips, @theliverdr, which had garnered popularity for busting medical myths online.
Updated on Sep 29, 2023 06:42 AM IST
Assam CM’s wife files ₹10-crore defamation suit against Congress MP
Rinki’s counsel Devajit Saikia said that they have filed the case at court of civil judge (senior division) of Kamrup Metropolitan on Friday.
Updated on Sep 24, 2023 05:16 AM IST
Biswa Kalyan Purkayastha, Silchar
'Will continue legal battle': Complainant BJP MLA on SC relief to Rahul Gandhi
The supreme court on Friday stayed the conviction of Rahul Gandhi in a 2019 defamation case over his "Modi surname" remark.
Published on Aug 04, 2023 04:34 PM IST
BBC, 3 others issued fresh summons over PM Modi documentary row
Additional district judge Ruchika Singla of the Rohini court observed that the defendants are foreign entities and therefore, the service of summons must be effected as per guidelines issued by Delhi high court
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 12:24 PM IST
HC restrains 2 influencers from posting defamatory content against SII, Covishield
The Bombay High Court has restrained two social media influencers from posting defamatory content about Serum Institute of India, its CEO and their Covishield product in an interim application filed by SII in a defamation suit against the influencers. The court directed Yohan Tengra and Ambar Kori to remove the content from Twitter and YouTube. The SII claims the content posted by the duo about multiple deaths being due to the side effects of the vaccine was not only targeted at SII but also its CEO, and sought directions to Twitter and YouTube to take down defamatory content.
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 01:03 AM IST
Remove defamatory contents against LuLu Group chairman: Delhi HC directs website
The high court directed Skariah to take down forthwith all/any content published by it on any platform/social media platforms including that on YouTube in relation to Kader within the next 24 hours
Updated on May 27, 2023 12:56 PM IST
Defamation suit over Modi documentary: Delhi High Court issues notice to BBC
The government dismissed the documentary based on the 2002 Gujarat riots when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the state’s chief minister as “propaganda”
Updated on May 22, 2023 02:21 PM IST