Today, On 17th March, Delhi High Court issued summons to Arnab Goswami in a defamation suit filed by the Congress party over his ‘Turkey Office’ remark. The court refused to pass any interim order, noting the broadcast aired in May 2025.
Himani Puri, daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Puri, has filed a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court seeking Rs 10 crore damages and removal of online posts linking her to Jeffrey Epstein, also requesting platforms remove similar defamatory content worldwide.
The Delhi High Court has directed Priya Kapur and Mandhira Kapur Smith to refrain from making defamatory statements against each other. The order came during a Rs 20 crore defamation suit filed by Priya, with the next hearing scheduled for May 14.
The Madras High Court has directed MS Dhoni to deposit Rs 10 lakh for transcription and translation of CDs in his 2014 defamation suit over the 2013 IPL betting controversy. The amount must be paid by March 12, 2026, into the Chief Justice Relief Fund.
A Guwahati court restrained Congress leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Bhupesh Baghel, and Jitendra Singh from making defamatory remarks against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who has filed a defamation suit seeking Rs.500 crore in damages.
Music composer Palash Muchhal has filed a Rs 10 crore defamation case against Marathi actor Vidnyan Mane for allegedly making false cheating and fraud allegations. The legal notice was sent after Mane accused Muchhal of financial fraud and personal misconduct.
The Delhi High Court refused to grant interim relief to YSRCP leader and former TTD chairman YV Subba Reddy in a defamation case over media reports on the Tirupati laddu adulteration controversy.
The Court held that restraining the media without hearing them is justified only in exceptional cases and allowed the matter to proceed after pleadings.
Delhi High Court has reserved its order on IRS officer Sameer Wankhede’s plea seeking removal of allegedly defamatory scenes from a Netflix series. Arguments focused on jurisdiction, online publications, and claims of “irreparable harm” to Wankhede’s reputation.
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.”
The Delhi High Court heard Sameer Wankhede’s defamation suit against Aryan Khan’s Netflix series “Ba***ds of Bollywood” and directed all parties to submit written arguments, listing the matter for the next hearing on November 10.
