Ex-IPS officer G. Sampath Kumar has filed a fresh appeal before the Madras High Court opposing the order to record MS Dhoni’s evidence through an advocate commissioner in the ₹100 crore defamation case. He argued that “all litigants must be treated equally and no privilege or priority must be given to the celebrities.”
Karnataka High Court has refused to quash the defamation proceedings against Asianet News Network, its channel Suvarna News, and journalist Vishweshwar Bhatt, in a case filed by actress Divya Spandana. Justice S Viswajith Shetty of the Karnataka High Court observed that the broadcast depicted the actress as being involved in illicit activities such as cricket […]
