The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh ruled that falsely portraying a person as having terrorist ties inherently harms their reputation. Such misrepresentation, the Court clarified, clearly meets the legal threshold for criminal defamation under law.
The Bombay High Court dismissed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Rs 100 crore defamation suit against his brother Shamsuddin and his wife after the actor and his lawyer were absent during the hearing. Lawyers for Shamsuddin said the case was “baseless” and aimed to pressure their client over financial disputes.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman argues that AAP leader Somnath Bharti cannot represent his wife, Lipika Mitra, in her defamation complaint against her. The court acknowledges the conflict of interest due to Bharti’s direct involvement, with further hearings scheduled for July 16, 2025, as Mitra accuses Sitharaman of damaging Bharti’s reputation.
