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2019 General Elections

Lok Sabha Elections 2019 Phase 5 Live Updates: 62.46% polling recorded, reports of violence from WB, J-K

Live News: Over 57.33 per cent of 2.47 crore voters cast their vote in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani were in the fray. Rajasthan recorded 63.78 per cent polling in 12 seats, Madhya Pradesh recorded 63.88 per cent in seven seats, Bihar recorded 57.86 per cent in five seats, and Jharkhand recorded 63.72 per cent in four seats.

Decriminalising defamation

The fact is that the law of criminal libel has for the most part been a cause of harassment, mostly of members of the Fourth Estate, who are routinely and often tendentiously arraigned in remote locations on charges of such defamation.