{"id":335742,"date":"2024-11-22T17:30:21","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=335742"},"modified":"2024-11-30T14:46:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T09:16:37","slug":"delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Delhi High Court:<\/span> In a writ petition filed by a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (\u2018RSS\u2019) under Article 226<\/a> of the Constitution<\/a> read with Section 528<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023<\/a> (\u2018BNSS\u2019) to quash the complaint filed by Amit Malviya (respondent 2), a BJP politician and President of I.T. Cell, Co-In charge of West Bengal Chapter, pending before the Patiala House Courts, New Delhi and to quash\/set aside the order dated 31-07-2024 passed by the Patiala House Courts wherein a notice had been issued to the RSS member in terms of the proviso to Section 223<\/a> of BNSS<\/a>, a Single Judge Bench of Jasmeet Singh, J. issued notice to Amit Malviya and made the same returnable on 04-03-2024.<\/p>\n

In the present matter, a Facebook post was made by the RSS member in \u2018Bengali\u2019 against Amit Malviya who found it derogatory and defamatory.<\/p>\n

Aggrieved by the same, Amit Malviya issued a legal notice dated 08-06-2024 wherein the RSS member was asked to withdraw the public post and to tender an unconditional apology. In his reply dated 16-06-2024, the RSS member made it clear that he did not wish to target Amit Malviya or his reputation by his post and only wanted to make him aware to not be drawn towards honey traps.<\/p>\n

Thereafter, Amit Malviya filed a complaint on 28-07-2024 to initiate criminal defamation against the RSS member. However, the RSS member clarified the purported meaning of his post and expressed heartfelt sorrow to Amit Malviya through a public post, dated 11-06-2024 on Facebook.<\/p>\n

The RSS member thus, contended that even after an unconditional apology was given, Amit Malviya had filed the said complaint.<\/p>\n

The Court noted that the issue required consideration and issued notice to Amit Malviya on the RSS member taking steps within one week from the date of the Order and the same was made returnable on 04-03-2025.<\/p>\n

Similar notice was also issued in regards to the Criminal Miscellaneous Application filed by the RSS member and the Court further directed that if the RSS member applies for seeking exemption from appearance, the application shall be considered by the Court concerned as per law.<\/p>\n

[Santanu Sinha v. State (NCT of Delhi), 2024 SCC OnLine Del 8068<\/a>, Decided on 20-11-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n

Judgment by Justice Jasmeet Singh<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n

Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n

For Petitioner \u2014<\/span> Advocate Swarnendu Chatterjee, Advocate Deepakshi Garg, Advocate Amit Haider, Advocate Harshita Rawat<\/p>\n

For Respondents \u2014<\/span> ASC Amol Sinha, Advocate Kshitiz Garg, Advocate Ashvini Kumar, Advocate Chavi Lazarus<\/p>\n

Buy Constitution of India \u00a0HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Constitution<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The RSS member relied on exception 10 to Section 356<\/a> of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023<\/a> which elaborates that conveying a caution in good faith is not defamation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67517,"featured_media":314886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[75507,30179,75508,14761,2543,69917,40528,69617],"class_list":["post-335742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-amit-malviya","tag-bjp","tag-complaint-initiated","tag-criminal-defamation","tag-Delhi_High_Court","tag-justice-jasmeet-singh","tag-notice-issued","tag-rss"],"yoast_head":"\nDelhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Delhi High Court issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated complaint for criminal defamation against RSS member\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Delhi High Court issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated complaint for criminal defamation against RSS member\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-22T12:00:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-30T09:16:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"887\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"591\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/\",\"name\":\"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-22T12:00:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-30T09:16:37+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84913f82186a8dea042dc300d5751624\"},\"description\":\"Delhi High Court issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated complaint for criminal defamation against RSS member\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp\",\"width\":887,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"Delhi High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84913f82186a8dea042dc300d5751624\",\"name\":\"Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d822f35f9fcd11386aa47345cde7945e45a64da7205eebe9784f21d0cd223603?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d822f35f9fcd11386aa47345cde7945e45a64da7205eebe9784f21d0cd223603?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Editor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-online-editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member | SCC Times","description":"Delhi High Court issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated complaint for criminal defamation against RSS member","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member","og_description":"Delhi High Court issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated complaint for criminal defamation against RSS member","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2024-11-22T12:00:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-30T09:16:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":887,"height":591,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Editor","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/","name":"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp","datePublished":"2024-11-22T12:00:21+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-30T09:16:37+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84913f82186a8dea042dc300d5751624"},"description":"Delhi High Court issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated complaint for criminal defamation against RSS member","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp","width":887,"height":591,"caption":"Delhi High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/11\/22\/delhi-hc-issues-notice-bjp-member-amit-malviya-after-complaint-criminal-defamation-against-rss-member\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Delhi HC issues notice to BJP member Amit Malviya after he initiated criminal defamation against RSS member"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/84913f82186a8dea042dc300d5751624","name":"Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d822f35f9fcd11386aa47345cde7945e45a64da7205eebe9784f21d0cd223603?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d822f35f9fcd11386aa47345cde7945e45a64da7205eebe9784f21d0cd223603?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Editor"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/scc-online-editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":343201,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/03\/07\/no-early-hearing-quashing-proceedings-rss-member-amit-malviya-defamation-case-delhi-high-court\/","url_meta":{"origin":335742,"position":0},"title":"Amit Malviya defamation case | No early hearing of RSS Member\u2019s plea for quashing proceedings; Malviya undertakes to seek adjournment of Trial: Delhi HC","author":"Editor","date":"March 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Amit Malviya had filed a criminal defamation complaint before the Patiala House Court against Santanu Sinha, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (\u2018RSS\u2019) member, regarding Facebook posts made by him.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Delhi High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":373207,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2026\/01\/19\/del-hc-enforcement-of-undertaking-in-amit-malviya-defamation-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":335742,"position":1},"title":"Delhi HC enforces Amit Malviya\u2019s undertaking; Stays defamation complaint against RSS Member","author":"Ritu","date":"January 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Amit Malviya had filed a criminal defamation complaint before the Patiala House Court against Santanu Sinha, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (\u2018RSS\u2019) member, regarding Facebook posts made by him.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Amit Malviya defamation case","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amit-Malviya-defamation-case.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amit-Malviya-defamation-case.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amit-Malviya-defamation-case.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Amit-Malviya-defamation-case.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":329752,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/08\/31\/delhi-hc-refuses-to-quash-proceedings-against-shashi-tharoor-for-making-defamatory-statements-against-pm-modi\/","url_meta":{"origin":335742,"position":2},"title":"Delhi High Court refuses to quash proceedings against Dr. Shashi Tharoor for making defamatory statements against Prime Minister Modi","author":"Editor","date":"August 31, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u2018Reputation is an essential attribute of personality, and the violation of this right is actionable both as a tort as well as a crime.\u2019","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Delhi High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Delhi-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":223673,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2019\/12\/30\/editors-guild-of-india-noted-the-deplorable-act-of-amit-malviya-head-of-bjps-information-technology-cell-for-mccarthyist-twitter-poll\/","url_meta":{"origin":335742,"position":3},"title":"Editors Guild of India noted the deplorable act of Amit Malviya, head of BJP’s Information Technology cell for McCarthyist Twitter Poll","author":"Bhumika Indulia","date":"December 30, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"The Editors Guild of India has noted with deep dismay and concern the deplorable act of Amit Malviya, the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party\u2019s Information Technology cell, in which he conducted an offensive, McCarthyist social media \u2018poll\u2019 on noted journalist Rajdeep Sardesai. The poll on Twitter was not only\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/editors-guild.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/editors-guild.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/editors-guild.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/editors-guild.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/editors-guild.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":336628,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/12\/05\/criminal-law-roundup-recap-of-the-top-criminal-cases-from-november-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":335742,"position":4},"title":"Criminal Law Roundup: A quick recap of the top criminal cases from November 2024","author":"Editor","date":"December 5, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Top criminal cases on quashing of proceedings, arrest, bail, acquittal, and more.","rel":"","context":"In "Legal RoundUp"","block_context":{"text":"Legal RoundUp","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/columns-for-roundup\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Topic-wise roundup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/blog-2024-12-05T115030.141.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/blog-2024-12-05T115030.141.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/blog-2024-12-05T115030.141.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/blog-2024-12-05T115030.141.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":352844,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/07\/08\/mp-hc-denies-bail-cartoonist-pm-modi-caricature\/","url_meta":{"origin":335742,"position":5},"title":"\u201cSheer misuse of the freedom of speech and expression\u201d: Madhya Pradesh HC denies anticipatory bail to cartoonist for PM Modi, RSS caricature","author":"Sonali Ahuja","date":"July 8, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cIt is apparent that the act is deliberate and malicious intended to outrage religious feelings of the complainant and the public at large by insulting its religion, which is prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony in the society.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"PM Modi caricature","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PM-Modi-caricature.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PM-Modi-caricature.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PM-Modi-caricature.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PM-Modi-caricature.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67517"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335742"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335742\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}