Tag: Criminal defamation

Criminal defamation charge against me frivolous: Shashi Tharoor

Asked whether he felt the criminal defamation suit against him “is an attempt to throttle his voice”, Tharoor said, “Apparently it seems so”.

November 3, 2018

No runaway victory

The fanfare is warranted as the Indian edition of the #MeToo movement bags its first scalp. Yet despite its bringing down a high-profile minister, and in the process rattling the seemingly all-powerful Modi government, the activists for gender-equality would do well to bear in mind that regardless of the banner headlines only one skirmish has...

October 19, 2018

Explained: Section 499 — the defamation law in India

Defamation is one of the most common types of cases that are filed in the courts of law around the world. Anyone who feels he or she has been wrongly accused of something by someone in public, through words or gestures, spoken, written, or by inference can file a defamation suit in a court of...

October 15, 2018

MJ Akbar files criminal defamation case against #MeToo accuser Priya Ramani

Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar filed a criminal defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani who accused him of sexual harassment at a court in New Delhi on Monday.

October 15, 2018

Abhishek Singhvi threatens to sue Sitharaman over Nirav Modi charge

Threatening to file a civil and a criminal defamation against the allegations levelled against him in connection to Nirav Modi, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that no member of his family, including him, has any business interest with anyone or any businesses connected to Modi or Mehul Choksi. Addressing a press conference on Saturday,...

February 17, 2018

DDCA case: Court imposes Rs 10,000 cost on AAP leader Ashutosh

A Delhi court has imposed a cost of Rs 10,000 on AAP leader Ashutosh for “trying to derail the proceedings” in a criminal defamation case filed against him by Arun Jaitley by seeking re-recording of the senior BJP leader’s statement in Hindi. The court said that the AAP leader moved the application even though he...

January 7, 2018

Cyrus Mistry, others face criminal defamation charges

A court here has initiated process against industrialists Cyrus P Mistry, Shapoor Mistry and others in a criminal defamation complaint lodged last month by Tata Trusts' Managing Trustee R Venkataramanan, an official said on Tuesday. The process was issued by Metropolitan Magistrate K G Paldewar and accordingly, Mistry, the ousted former Chairman of Tata Sons, and other directors...

July 4, 2017