False Information Archives

Lying about educational qualification for marriage does not amount to offence under Section 420 IPC: MP High Court

Madhya Pradesh High Court held that no party can be allowed to assassinate the character of a person without any basis as it undermines the integrity of the legal process and individuals involved.

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Delhi High Court: Mere inadvertent mentioning or non-mentioning of surname in caste certificate cannot be labeled as impersonation or furnishing of false information

In case of an alleged mismatch of details of the candidate during document verification, the caste certificate ought to be read in conjunction with other documents.

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Delhi High Court quashes FIR registered against the law intern who projected himself as a proxy counsel on the instructions of his Advocate

The Delhi High Court quashed the FIR registered against the law intern who projected himself as a proxy counsel on the instructions of his Advocate and the Court observed that the law interns who were merely students should be counselled, properly informed, and instructed instead of registering FIRs against them.

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Bom HC | Prohibitory order holding admin of social media groups liable, for dissemination of false information, was in force till 8th June, 2020

Bombay High Court: A Division Bench of A.A. Sayed and M.S. Karnik, JJ., addressed a Public Interest Litigation, with regard to quashing and

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Madras HC | For visual media, there are no regulations in force except self-regulation; PIL for issuing guidelines for visual media — dismissed

Madras High Court: A Division Bench of M. Sathyanarayanan and M. Nirmal Kumar, JJ., while addressing a PIL held that, “With regard to