Section 500 IPC Archives

Explained| Why BJP MLA Vijender Gupta’s tweet questioning Delhi’s Dy CM Manish Sisodia about his “scam” is not defamation?

Supreme Court: In the case where BJP MLA Vijender Gupta was accused of posting defamatory tweets about Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish

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Article on a rift between police officers published in newspaper: Will the reporter be punished under S. 505 IPC? Bom HC decides

Bombay High Court: In a matter wherein, a journalist sought to quash proceedings against him for publishing news items regarding the rift

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Del HC | Does CrPC allow amendment before taking cognizance and is there any provision to amend criminal complaint? Read Court’s opinion while deciding India Today’s Editor-in-Chief’s application in defamation case

Delhi High Court: Yogesh Khanna, J., reiterated that there is no provision in the Criminal Procedure Code to amend a criminal complaint,

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Madras HC | Political parties should restrain from making serious allegations or criticism against constitutional functionaries

“…leaders of political parties should show their statesmanship and quality and healthy politics rather than accusing others by using vituperated language in political platform.”

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Del HC | Complaint against Business Standard for defaming ‘member of RSS’ quashed: Who qualifies as an aggrieved person to file defamation complaint? HC explains

Delhi High Court: Suresh Kumar Kait, J., quashed a complaint about defamation filed by a lawyer against Business Standard. It was held

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#MeToo | MJ Akbar v. Priya Ramani: Woman has a right to put her grievance at any platform of her choice even after decades || No defamation case against Priya Ramani [Verdict]

“Sometimes the victim of sexual abuse herself does not understand what is happening to them or what is happening to them is wrong.”

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Jhar HC | A Newspaper reports about sexual assault incident along with sum and substance of FIR lodged with no disclosure of victim’s name. Will defamation provision under Ss. 500 or 501 IPC be applied on publisher, editor, etc.?

Jharkhand High Court: Ananda Sen, J., while addressing the instant matter with regard to the application of Section 228A of Penal Code,

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Ker HC | Fourth Estate is rostrum to address matters of public interest on democracy: News items published with necessary comments, though sometimes contemptuous, may not amount to defamation

Kerala High Court: P. Somarajan, J., observed that, “…fourth estate is not expected to shy away from the matters governing public importance, but

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Kar HC | Whether pleadings in trial amount to ‘publication’ in a suit for defamation; Court discusses nuances to S. 500 IPC

Karnataka High Court: H.B. Prabhakara Sastry, J., while allowing the criminal revision in part, remarked that, if the accused seeks to take

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Madras HC | Can an advocate be made criminally liable under S. 500 IPC who acts as per the instructions of his or her client? HC explains proposition

Madras High Court: G.K. Ilathiraiyan, J., observed that, Section 500 of the Penal Code, 1860 cannot be attracted wherein an advocate acts professionally

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Cal HC | Plea of absolute privilege protects a statement in civil defamation, however false and defamatory it may be, even though made with malicious motive

Calcutta High Court: Debangsu Basak, J., while addressing a matter with regard to defamation, observed that “in a civil action for defamation, the

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Chh HC | Advocate acting professionally as per instructions of client can’t be prosecuted for offence of defamation under S. 500 IPC

Chhattisgarh High Court: Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. held that the continuation of criminal proceedings for the offence of defamation against an advocate who

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Tripura HC | Obligatory for prosecution to prove valid sanction for filing complaint under Section 500 IPC against sitting MLA

“In this case, though in the sanction order it has been recorded ‘by order’ but from that word it cannot be inferred by