The Samajwadi Party has issued a legal notice to BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, accusing him of defaming Akhilesh Yadav through X posts linking him to an accused without judicial findings. The notice calls the claims false, misleading, and defamatory.
The Delhi High Court referred the defamation dispute between Anjana Om Kashyap and Khan Sir to mediation after the journalist and TV Today filed a Rs.2 crore suit over remarks calling her “bikau patrakar” and “chatukar.”
The Delhi High Court refused blanket interim protection to BJP MP Raghav Chadha in his personality rights suit over alleged AI-generated deepfakes and defamatory posts. The Court, however, ordered removal of five posts found prima facie defamatory while rejecting claims against other content.
The Ketan Agarwal murder case has taken a dramatic turn as Advocate Ashutosh Srivastava, claiming to represent accused Siya Goyal, served a Rs.10 crore defamation notice to her brother Sahil Goyal over alleged defamatory remarks. The dispute follows Ketan Agarwal’s death after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18.
The Patna High Court ruled that media can report criminal proceedings but should avoid labels like “mastermind” or “kingpin” that suggest guilt before trial. Justice Ansul said prejudicial reporting may harm an accused’s reputation and amount to defamatory or improper conduct during pending cases.
A Bengaluru court took cognizance of a criminal defamation complaint against Karnataka Home Minister Priyank Kharge and Youth Congress leader Mohammed Nalapad over alleged RSS remarks. The court found sufficient grounds under Section 356 of BNS and issued summons for appearance on July 21, 2026.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court closed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi after he expressed regret over remarks made during the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election campaign. The court accepted his statement and ended the proceedings, bringing the long-pending case to a close.
The Madhya Pradesh High Court restored AITC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s petition challenging an arrest warrant issued in a criminal defamation case and agreed to examine the matter further. The Court also stayed execution of the warrant until further orders, providing interim relief to the Trinamool Congress leader.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi approached the Madhya Pradesh High Court expressing regret over alleged defamatory remarks against Kartikeya Singh Chouhan. The application stated that the comments made during an election campaign were not intended to refer to Kartikeya, in a defamation case filed before Bhopal court.
The Delhi High Court has refused interim relief to journalist Anjana Om Kashyap and TV Today Network in their Rs 2 crore defamation suit against Khan Sir and others. Justice Madhu Jain listed the matter for further hearing on July 2.
