Delhi HC said Friday that the manner in which online encyclopaedia Wikipedia operates by allowing users to edit pages hosted by it is “dangerous”. The court was particularly concerned about open access editing feature, where users can add or delete information about a particular person or entity featured on a Wikipedia page. It was hearing…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal‘s plea challenging an order of the Gujarat high court refusing to quash summons in a defamation case over his remarks on PM Modi’s educational qualification.Noting that another SC bench earlier rejected a plea of AAP leader Sanjay Singh in the same case,…
NEW DELHI: At a time when social media is being misused for posting and circulating fake and defamatory messages, Supreme Court sent a clear signal that one has to pay the price for indulging in such activity and directed ex-chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Firoz Bakht Ahmed, to publish an unconditional apology…
PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court (HC) has directed the district judge of Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad to investigate how two contradictory orders in a defamation case – one of them unsigned – were uploaded to the court’s website.“So far as conduct of the magistrate is concerned, the court finds that he was not careful. An unsigned,…
A Mumbai magistrate’s court sentenced MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days’ simple imprisonment and imposed a Rs 25,000 fine in a defamation case filed by Professor Medha Kirit Somaiya. MUMBAI: A magistrate’s court on Thursday convicted MP Sanjay Raut and sentenced him to 15 days simple imprisonment in a defamation case filed by professor Medha…
The Delhi High Court issued a stark ultimatum to Wikipedia on Thursday, threatening to block the online encyclopaedia in India and issuing a contempt of court notice for non-compliance with a previous order. Justice Navin Chawla delivered the warning during a hearing related to a defamation case filed by news agency ANI against Wikipedia.“If you…
AYODHYA: Ramchet, a cobbler from Sultanpur who found himself in the spotlight after he had an unexpected visitor on July 26 – Rahul Gandhi – claims he is swamped with offers to sell the footwear mended by the Congress MP during the brief stopover at his rundown shop near the district court.Rahul had stopped at…
NEW DELHI: Delhi court on Monday suspended the five-month simple imprisonment sentence given to Medha Patkar, a leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, in a defamation case filed by lieutenant governor of Delhi V K Saxena. The case was filed by Saxena when he was the head of an NGO in Gujarat 23-years-ago. Patkar’s appeal…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, stopped his car midway to meet a family of cobbler on Friday.The Congress leader had a chat with cobbler Ram Chait in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur, who informed the Rae Bareli MP of his “financially weak” condition and sought his help. “Leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi…
Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi appeared before Sultanpur MP/MLA court in connection with a defamation case lodged against him for alleged objectionable remarks directed at Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday. The court on July 2 had asked Rahul Gandhi to appear on July 26.Rahul Gandhi’s counsel Kashi Prasad Shukla told…
