Time Has Come to Decriminalise All This: Supreme Court on Defamation Case Against The Wire

Today, On 22nd September, The Supreme Court, while hearing The Wire’s plea in a defamation case filed by ex-JNU professor Amita Singh, said, “Time has come to decriminalise all this,” tagging it with Rahul Gandhi’s pending matter.

Supreme Court Set Aside Delhi HC Decision, Reinstates Summons Against ‘The Wire’ in JNU Professor Defamation Case

Today(on 24th July),The Supreme Court overturned the Delhi High Court’s decision that had nullified the summons to The Wire in a defamation case brought by a JNU professor. Justices MM Sundresh and Aravind Kumar instructed the Magistrate to re-evaluate the summons after a thorough review of the article in question.