Journalist Sucheta Dalal challenged a Delhi court order restricting media from linking Sandesara family to Sterling Biotech fraud case. The court issued notices to parties including Google and Meta, and listed the matter for further hearing.
The Allahabad High Court cautioned that arbitrary administrative orders could undermine media independence, while hearing Amar Ujala’s plea over loss of government advertisements. The bench stressed such actions threaten press autonomy and the role of the Fourth Estate.
The Kerala High Court dismissed a quashing plea by editors of the Vellinakshathram website, holding that republishing defamatory statements causing reputational harm can attract criminal liability under Sections 499 and 500 IPC, refusing to quash proceedings sought under Section 482 CrPC.
