Search Results for Tag : Defamatory
International Cases
Where a range of meanings are available and it is possible to light on one meaning which is not defamatory, Court is not obliged to select non-defamatory meaning(03.04.2019)
The Respondent to present appeal, Ronald Stocker, is the former husband of the Appellant, Nicola Stocker. Their marriage ended in acrimony in 2012. Mr.....
Tags : Defamatory statement, Re-determination, Words
Judgments
Application for curbing media reporting of case can be moved in Court where it is pending(30.10.2019)
The Plaintiff has instituted present suit for (i) recovery of damages for defamation; (ii) restraining the Defendant from further defaming the Plainti.....
Tags : Defamatory allegations, Media reporting, Legality
Right to freedom of speech and expression is not an unfettered right under which defamatory statements can be made to tarnish the reputation of person(27.09.2022)
The present suit has been filed on behalf of the Plaintiff seeking relief of permanent injunction and damages against the Defendants on account of def.....
Tags : Defamatory statements, Injunction, Grant
News
Delhi HC: Every Retweet of Defamatory Content on Social Media Amounts to Defamation u/s 499 IPC(06.02.2024)
Delhi HC while ruling that every retweet of defamatory content on social media would amount to “publication” for attracting the offence of defamation .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Defamatory Content, Social Media, Section 499 IPC
Calcutta HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Amit Shah for 'Defamatory' Speech(01.04.2019)
Calcutta High Court has stayed the criminal proceedings against BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Amit Shah,in a defamation case against him.
Tags : Calcutta High Court, Defamatory Speech, Amit Shah
WB Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee Restrained from Making Defamatory Statements against WB Governor(17.07.2024)
Calcutta High Court, in a defamation suit by WB Governor CV Ananda Bose, has restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee from making any defa.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, WB Governor, Defamatory Statements
Madras HC Restrains Youtuber from Posting Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18(31.07.2020)
Madras High Court has granted interim relief to News 18 Tamil Nadu which was aggrieved by a "vitriolic attack" on its reputation by YouTuber Maridhas,.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18
Madras HC Restrains Youtuber from Posting Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18(31.07.2020)
Madras High Court has granted interim relief to News 18 Tamil Nadu which was aggrieved by a "vitriolic attack" on its reputation by YouTuber Maridhas,.....
Tags : Madras High Court, Defamatory Content Against Tamil News Channel News 18
Calcutta HC Directs Rahul Shivshankar in Probe Over 'Defamatory' Audiotape on Abhishek Banerjee(29.06.2021)
Calcutta High Court has directed Times Now news channel's Editor-in-Chief, Rahul Shivshankar to appear through Video Conferencing mode in probe over t.....
Tags : Calcutta High Court, 'Defamatory' Audiotape on Abhishek Banerjee
Bombay HC Grants Bail to Pharmacy Student Arrested for Social Media Post Against Sharad Pawar(22.06.2022)
Bombay High Court has granted bail to 21-year-old pharmacy student Nikhil Bhamre, who was arrested for defamatory posts allegedly aimed at NCP preside.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Bail, Defamatory Post
Wikimedia Moves Delhi HC against Order Directing it to Remove Defamatory Content of ANI(08.04.2025)
Wikimedia Foundation has moved the Delhi High Court against an order directing it to remove defamatory content and description of news agency ANI Medi.....
Tags : Wikimedia Foundation, Delhi High Court, Defamatory Content
UK Court Finds Republic Bharat Program on British Businessman Defamatory(07.07.2022)
UK Court has held that TV programme by Republic Bharat contained defamatory allegations against the Claimant, who was identified by both his image and.....
Tags : UK Court, Republic Bharat, Defamatory
Bengaluru Court Directs Social Media to Take Down Photo Against Justice Surya Kant & Pardiwala(13.07.2022)
Bengaluru Court has directed social media platforms Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram and Whatsapp to take down a widely circulated photograph wh.....
Tags : Bengaluru Court, Social Media, Defamatory Claims
Delhi HC: Wikimedia Foundation Withdraws its Appeal Against ANI(08.05.2025)
Wikimedia Foundation has withdrawn its appeal from the Delhi High Court against an order directing it to remove allegedly defamatory statements publis.....
Tags : Wikimedia Foundation, Defamatory Statements, ANI
Delhi HC: Vicious Character Attacks Not Journalistic Freedom(01.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while directing Mint newspaper to take down article which had alleged defamatory statements against Youtuber Gaurav Taneja, has held .....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Defamatory, Journalistic Freedom
Delhi Court Stops Journalists from Publishing 'Defamatory', 'Unverified' Reports against Adani.(08.09.2025)
Delhi court has temporarily barred journalists and two websites from publishing unverified and defamatory content against the Adani Group. The judge h.....
Tags : Journalists, Defamatory, Adani, Interim Injunction
Kerala HC: Complaint Filed Against Defamatory Article Published Against RSS(25.01.2022)
Kerala High Court has ruled that a complaint filed by the State Secretary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) against a defamatory article publis.....
Tags : Kerala High Court, Defamatory Article Published Against RSS
Bombay HC Allows Galli News to Report Medical Negligence But Bars Defamatory Hospital Imputations(26.06.2026)
Bombay High Court refused to issue a gag order against Galli News over its reporting on alleged medical negligence at a Mumbai hospital, but restraine.....
Tags : Galli News; Medical Negligence; Defamatory