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March 17, 2026, 04:17 PM - 3 min read
Justice Mini Pushkarna however did not grant any interim relief in the matter and only issued notice on the temporary injunction plea.The Court however proceeded to issue summons, stating, "Let plaint be registered as a suit. Issue summons to defendants by all modes. Written statement within 30 days. Issue notice in application for interim injunction. Reply within four weeks."
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March 16, 2026, 06:04 PM - 3 min read
Himayani Puri has sought ₹10 crore as damages, a permanent injunction against several social media entities and John Doe parties (unknown persons) and removal of the content published across the world on various online platforms. A direction has also been sought to social media intermediaries – X, Google, Meta, and LinkedIn – that when Puri brings similar defamatory statements or imputations to their notice, they must take them down.
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February 7, 2026, 09:03 PM - 2 min read
Justice Moksha Khajuria Kazmi passed the order after noting that the trial court had failed to comply with mandatory procedure prescribed in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) while issuing a summons in the case on December 30, 2025.
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January 25, 2026, 05:52 PM - 3 min read
Judicial Magistrate First Class Raghav Sharma of the Saket Courts ruled that Saxena failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Patkar made the alleged defamatory statements during an India TV program “Breaking News” on April 20, 2006.
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December 3, 2025, 04:00 PM - 3 min read
Bilaal has accused the actress of intentional infliction of emotional distress in three separate instances.
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December 2, 2025, 03:22 PM - 2 min read
A Florida jury ruled that Cooper harassed and defamed the rapper after the 2020 shooting incident involving singer Tory Lanez.
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November 15, 2025, 06:23 PM - 2 min read
The matter was originally scheduled to be heard next on November 29. However, Gandhi’s counsel, advocate Narayan Iyer, moved an application seeking an adjournment due to the non-availability of his (Gandhi's) legal team on that specific day. The court then adjourned the hearing until December 6.
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November 3, 2025, 08:25 PM - 3 min read
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma reignited his row with Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi, reiterating his claim that the MP is a “100 per cent Pakistani agent” and daring him to take legal action, as both sides escalate their accusations ahead of a charged political season.
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October 28, 2025, 05:44 PM - 3 min read
A court in Jammu and Kashmir has issued summons to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President Mithun Manhas, officials of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA) and journalists in connection with a criminal defamation complaint.
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October 11, 2025, 05:56 PM - 3 min read
The Supreme Court recently stayed criminal defamation proceedings against TV Channel Aaj Tak in a case where former Haryana MLA and businessman Gopal Goyal Kanda alleged that the channel had linked him to the 2022 death of actor and BJP leader Sonali Phogat. A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih issued notice on the petition filed by TV Today Network, which owns Aaj Tak, and directed that the proceedings before the trial magistrate remain stayed until the next date of hearing.
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September 30, 2025, 10:35 AM - 2 min read
The court rejected the Mandi BJP MP’s plea in a defamation case relating to a tweet posted by her about Mahinder Kaur, 73, in which she identified Kaur wrongly as Bilkis Bano of Shaheen Bagh fame
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September 25, 2025, 08:48 PM - 3 min read
The case stems from a defamation complaint filed by AEL, which led to a September 6 order by a civil judge directing 10 defendants to remove contentious material, including articles and social media posts, from various platforms within a specified timeframe.
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