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Chief editors cannot be prosecuted unless there’s direct allegation: SC quashes defamation case against India Today’s Aroon Purie, case against journalist to go on

OpIndia Staff - 1 November, 2022

The apex court ruled that if there are no specific and adequate allegations the editor-in-chief cannot be prosecuted for defamation

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Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra continues legal battle against Mamata Banerjee govt, attends 72 court hearings in 10 years for a joke

OpIndia Staff - 16 October, 2022

Ambikesh Mahapatra was booked for forwarding a cartoon targeting West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

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BBC and fake news: British broadcaster to pay a large sum in damages to the former nanny of Prince William, Harry for false claims...

OpIndia Staff - 22 July, 2022

“Had we done our job properly Princess Diana would have known the truth during her lifetime," the BBC Director General Tim Davie emphasised.

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BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya files Rs 100-crore defamation suit against Sanjay Raut over his allegations of ‘Rs 100 crore Toilet Scam’

OpIndia Staff - 18 May, 2022

After police didn't take any action against Sanjay Raut, Medha Somaiya files Rs 100-crore defamation suit against him

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‘Prima facie sufficient ground for summons’: Subramanian Swamy summoned by court in defamation suit filed by BJP spokesperson Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga

OpIndia Staff - 22 March, 2022

In September last year, Subramanian Swamy claimed that Bagga was jailed multiple times over petty crimes by New Delhi’s Mandir Marg Police.

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Maharashtra Court grants Rahul Gandhi exemption from appearance in ‘RSS killed Mahatma Gandhi’ defamation case since he is ‘busy’ with polls

OpIndia Staff - 7 March, 2022

Congress scion Rahul Gandhi was granted exemption from appearing in person during the hearing in the 2014 'RSS killed Mahatama Gandhi' defamation case filed against him as he was 'busy'

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Historian Vikram Sampath moves Delhi HC against Audrey Truschke, Rohit Chopra and others including Twitter Inc. over defamatory remarks

OpIndia Staff - 14 February, 2022

The move by Sampath against Audrey Truschke, Rohit Chopra and others came a day after the professors wrote a letter falsely accusing him of plagiarism.

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