Indian cricketer Prithvi Shaw told a Mumbai court that Sapna Gill’s plea against him is “false, frivolous, vexatious” and filed to malign his image and gain publicity. Shaw claimed the complaint is a counterblast to the 2023 FIR against Gill following a pub brawl incident.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld the dismissal of Civil Judge Pradeep Synghal for serious misconduct, describing him as a “mere puppet” in criminal cases filed by acquaintances. He failed to follow legal procedures, misused his authority, intimidated staff, and the court found substantial evidence against him, rejecting his defense.
NEW DELHI: A defamation case against journalists of Times of India (ToI) and Economic Times (ET) has been quashed by the Supreme Court. Earlier, the Karnataka High Court dismissed the case against Bennett Coleman & Co. (the publisher of ToI). However, it refused to dismiss the case against individual journalists, leaving them to face legal proceedings.