defamation

Malappuram (Kerala), March 30 A man has been arrested for allegedly attempting to extort money from a relative of IUML state president Sayyid Sadikkali Shihab Thangal by threatening to circulate defamatory images of the leader online in Perinthalmanna, police said on Monday.The accused...

Kannur (Kerala), March 28 A public relations department official from the district has been suspended for "prematurely" releasing a complaint related to the Kerala Assembly elections to the media, without authorization, the Election Commission said on Saturday.The complaint was released to the...

Jammu, March 27 Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary appealed to the public on Friday not to panic or hoard essential commodities, saying the government is closely monitoring the situation and there is no shortage of fuel or cooking gas in the Union Territory.He...

Malappuram (Kerala), March 26 Police said on Thursday that they have registered a case after a man allegedly attempted to extort money from a relative of IUML state president Sayyid Sadikkali Shihab Thangal by threatening to circulate images intended to defame the leader online.Perinthalmanna...

Aizawl, March 26 The women's wing of the ruling Zoram People's Movement (ZPM) filed a police complaint against an individual on Thursday for allegedly circulating a "defamatory" social media post targeting a female legislator of the party.The complaint came amid intensified political...

Alappuzha (Kerala), March 26 The Alappuzha District Collector, also the District Election Officer, on Thursday directed the police to register a case against Kayamkulam candidate, U Prathibha, for making derogatory and defamatory remarks, citing a violation of the Model Code of Conduct...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The cyber wing of the Kerala police has registered a case against the social media platform X and one of its accounts for circulating an AI-generated video allegedly depicting the Prime Minister and the Election Commission in a "misleading and defamatory manner."In...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The cyber wing of the Kerala police has registered a case against the social media platform X and one of its accounts for circulating an AI-generated video that allegedly depicted the Prime Minister and the Election Commission in a "misleading and defamatory manner"...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 24 A day after a political row erupted in Kerala over an EC letter carrying the seal of the BJP Kerala unit, the poll panel said on Tuesday that it has directed the police to remove misleading news about the matter from social media platforms.The Kerala Police said...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi High Court has protected the personal rights of Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha by restraining several platforms, including AI chatbots, from unauthorized use of her image, voice, or any other attribute of her persona.Justice Jyoti Singh also restrained the sale of...

New Delhi, March 21 The Delhi Police has arrested a man from Arwal district in Bihar for allegedly posting objectionable AI-generated images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, an official said on Saturday.The accused, who was arrested from the village of Maulanachak in a joint...

New Delhi, March 20 The Delhi High Court has directed a Tamil media outlet to remove certain defamatory content published by it against Sadhguru Jagadish Vasudev's Isha Foundation.Justice Subramonium Prasad passed the interim order on March 19 in response to a lawsuit filed by the foundation...

Quetta, March 19 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) strongly condemned on Thursday what it described as “baseless, politically motivated allegations” against the organization and its central leader, Sabiha Baloch, asserting that it has always been a peaceful movement consistently advocating...

Kochi, March 18 The Kerala High Court has observed that maligning the character of a woman without any substance is a "pernicious form of social violence".It has also observed that when a society focuses more on a woman’s image than her achievements, "it exposes its own intellectual poverty"...

New Delhi, March 18 A Delhi court has dismissed a civil defamation suit filed by restaurant owner and entrepreneur Vidur Kanodia against social media professional Lakshita Jain over alleged derogatory Instagram posts, holding that the expressions used, including "bully" and "unprofessional," did...

New Delhi, March 17 – Senior Advocate Mahesh Jethmalani stated on Tuesday that the Delhi High Court's order to remove social media posts linking Himayani Puri, the daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, to American financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was a "vindication"...

New Delhi, March 17 – Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s daughter, Himayani Puri, secured interim relief from the Delhi High Court on Tuesday in a defamation suit seeking the removal of online content that allegedly links her to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.A single-judge...

New Delhi, March 16 The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a plea filed by journalist Ravi Nair challenging a notice issued by the Gujarat Crime Branch in response to a complaint by Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd regarding a purportedly defamatory article in a newspaper.A bench of Justices...

New Delhi, March 15 Ahead of the announcement of the assembly polls schedule by the Election Commission, the Congress on Sunday launched a scathing attack, saying that since 2014, "Modi's Code of Campaigning" has come to stand for "Modi's Code of Campaigning, which will be full of defamation...

Mumbai, March 13 The son of a housing complex chairperson was arrested for allegedly leaking CCTV footage which showed a woman kissing a man inside a lift, a Mumbai police official said on Friday.The video of the 36-year-old woman, who lives in the building with her husband and two daughters...