defamation law

Isha Foundation defamation suit
Case BriefsHigh Courts

The present application arose because the earlier order did not expressly refer to 39 short videos and 5 English-language videos that were mentioned in Para 10 of the plaint, although according to Isha Foundation these videos formed part of the original cause of action and contained content substantially identical to the impugned videos already directed to be taken down.

Suresh Rathore in Ankita Bhandari case
Case BriefsHigh Courts

Four FIRs were filed against former MLA Suresh Rathore arising from social media posts projecting complainants as involved in the Ankita Bhandari murder, a case that had already concluded with three convictions and life sentences. Two were lodged by persons who were neither the victim nor the affected party, covering the same allegations as the victim’s own FIR.

Right to Dignity
Case BriefsHigh Courts

While the media enjoys freedom of speech and expression, but such right is not absolute and stands correspondingly delimited by the right of an individual to dignity and reputation.

Deepfake regulation
Op EdsOP. ED.

by Yash Bajpai*