10 verified cases involving Criminal, newest first.
Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, is accused of making remarks that linked Akhand Kirtani Jatha (AKJ) with the banned terror outfit Babbar Khalsa International. The Supreme Court refused his plea to quash the criminal defamation case. The matter is pending before the Supreme Court.
The Kerala High Court ruled that a journalist reporting on official proceedings does not incur criminal liability for defamation merely because the media report causes reputational harm or embarrassment to a litigant.
Activist Ravi Nair filed a criminal defamation case against journalist Nilanjana Bhowmick over an article published in Time magazine in 2010. The Delhi High Court quashed the case, and the Supreme Court dismissed Nair's petition challenging that order.
The Supreme Court dismissed a petition challenging the Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment which had quashed the 2021 criminal case against Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and former minister Ponguru Narayana in connection with alleged criminal charges. The High Court's decision to quash the case was upheld.
The Supreme Court upheld the acquittal of twenty persons in a murder case. The Court found that the conviction was based on eyewitness accounts that were strikingly similar in nature, which the Court deemed improbable and therefore unreliable.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh filed civil and criminal defamation proceedings against AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj in connection with social media posts allegedly insinuating misuse of influence. Criminal defamation proceedings were heard before Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal at Rouse Avenue Courts.
Actor Rajpal Yadav faces a three-month prison sentence and fines after the Delhi High Court upheld his conviction in cheque bounce cases. The high court modified an earlier sessions court sentence from six months to three months.
A Delhi court dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by Lipika Mitra, wife of Aam Aadmi Party leader Somnath Bharti, against Nirmala Sitharaman.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered an FIR to take over and commence a probe into the 2020 death of celebrity manager Disha Salian, following an order from the Bombay High Court concerning allegations of gang rape, murder, and a cover-up.
A junior doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata was raped and murdered on 9 August 2024. The case sparked nationwide outrage and protests. A man was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment; a fresh FIR and multi-agency probe involving CBI have been initiated into additional aspects of the case.