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Telangana: KCR's daughter to file defamation suit against BJP leaders

BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Sunday dragged KCR into the row over the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, claiming his family members attended meetings on its formulation at a five-star hotel in Delhi

False allegations will not stand: Kejriwal on acquittal in defamation case

After a court here acquitted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia in a defamation case on Saturday, the AAP national convener said false allegations levelled against them will not stand as truth always prevails. "We will continue to work with honesty," Kejriwal said in a tweet in Hindi, and hit out at his detractors: "Their conspiracies shall fail." The court on Saturday acquitted Kejriwal, Sisodia and former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav in the defamation case filed by an advocate in 2013. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand said the complainant, advocate Surender Kumar Sharma (now deceased), failed to prove that the accused have committed the alleged offence despite several efforts. In the order, the judge also said the concept of "Reputation was known in the society perhaps since the time the civilization itself established". Following the acquittal, Kejriwal tweeted, "No false allegation levelled against us will stand, each case

Court acquits Kejriwal, Sisodia, Yogendra Yadav in 2013 defamation case

A court here on Saturday acquitted Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and former AAP leader Yogendra Yadav in a defamation case filed by an advocate in 2013. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidhi Gupta Anand said the complainant, advocate Surender Kumar Sharma (now deceased), failed to prove that the accused have committed the alleged offence despite several efforts. In the order, the judge also said the concept of "Reputation was known in the society perhaps since the time the civilization itself established". She quoted a text from Bhagwat Geeta "People also will speak of your unending infamy. And to an honoured person infamy is worse than death" and said the text "dates back to 2nd century CE (common era) highlighting the importance of a person's reputation". "Even today, in modern India, governed by its Constitution, Right to reputation has been embedded as one of the fundamental rights covered under the larger concept of Right to Life. Hence, ..

Defamation case: Kangana Ranaut to appear before Mumbai court on July 4

Javed Akhtar (76) had filed the complaint in court in November 2020, claiming that Ranaut had made defamatory statements against him in a television interview, which allegedly damaged his reputation.

Assam CM's wife files Rs 100 cr defamation suit against Manish Sisodia

Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma's wife Riniki Bhuyan Sarma on Tuesday filed a Rs 100 crore civil defamation suit against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

Johnny Depp wins libel case against Amber Heard, gets $15 mn in damages

Johnny Depp on Wednesday won a high-profile defamation case between him and his ex-wife, Amber Heard

Kirit Somaiya's wife files Rs 100 cr defamation suit against Sanjay Raut

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya's wife Medha Somaiya on Monday filed a civil defamation suit against Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut and sought damages of Rs 100 crore

Defamation case: Rahul Gandhi seeks permanent exemption from appearance

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has moved an application in a court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, seeking permanent exemption from appearance in a defamation case filed against him

Defamation: Complainant pays Rs 1,500 to Rahul Gandhi as directed by court

The complainant in the defamation case filed against Rahul Gandhi has paid Rs 1,500 cost to the Congress leader as per the directions of a court at Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district. Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) J V Paliwal had ordered the complainant, local RSS activist Rajesh Kunte, to pay the amount to Gandhi as he (Kunte) had sought adjournment in the case. Kunte had moved applications seeking adjournment in the case twice - in March and April - which the court had rejected and asked him to pay Rs 500 (for March) and Rs 1,000 (for April) to Gandhi. In 2014, Kunte had filed the case against Gandhi after watching his speech in Thane's Bhiwandi township, where the Congress leader alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was behind the killing of Mahatma Gandhi. Kunte had claimed that this statement slandered the reputation of the RSS. Talking to reporters on Saturday, Rahul Gandhi's counsel Narayan Iyer said, "A sum of Rs 1,500 sent by Kunte through mone

Gujarat HC extends stay on proceedings against Rahul in defamation case

The Surat court had also recorded his statement in the case filed by the BJP leader in April 2019

Disha Salian case: Rane, son trying to pressurise officials, says police

Mumbai police on Thursday told a court here that he made a false statement about calling Union home minister Amit Shah during his questioning.

Sessions court rejects Kangana's plea seeking transfer of defamation case

The court also refused to transfer her counter- complaint against Javed Akhtar, filed before the Andheri court, elsewhere

Uttar Pradesh: SP leader Azam Khan denied bail in RSS defamation case

Khan is accused of misusing the government letterhead and stamp for allegedly defaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Shia religious leader Maulana Kalbe Jawad in 2014

MP court issues notices to CM Chouhan, 2 others in defamation case

A district court in Madhya Pradesh has issued notice to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in a defamation case filed recently by senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha

US court hears arguments in lawsuit against Trump filed by his rape accuser

Trump's lawyers argued that the US government should take his place as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who accused him of rape.

Court warns Kangana after she skips hearing in Javed Akhtar defamation case

A Mumbai court on Tuesday allowed actor Kangana Ranaut's plea seeking exemption from personal appearance for the day in a criminal defamation complaint filed by lyricist Javed Akhtar

Attorney Dershowitz sues Netflix for $80 mn over Jeffrey Epstein show

Attorney and Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is suing Netflix for USD 80 million over his portrayal in the streaming service's "Filthy Rich" series about sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

MJ Akbar moves Delhi HC against Priya Ramani, challenges trial court order

Former Union Minister Mubashar Jawed Akbar approached the Delhi High Court to challenge a trial court order which had dismissed the criminal defamation case filed by him against journalist Ramani

Amit Shah summoned by special court in defamation case filed by TMC MP

A designated MP/MLA court in West Bengal issued summons to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday to appear either personally or through a lawyer before it on February 22

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