Defamation Case

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at the district court, in Sultanpur, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (PTI)

Rahul gets bail in ’18 defamation case

Gandhi appeared before the MP-MLA court at 11 am amid tight security and came out 25 minutes later and headed straight to Rae Bareli

21 Feb 2024 1:44 AM

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi arrives at Parliament House complex during Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. The Lok Sabha membership of Rahul Gandhi was restored on Monday, days after the Supreme Court stayed his conviction in a defamation case. (PTI Photo/Vijay Verma)

AA Edit | Rahul’s return as MP will give boost to Opposition in Parliament

The political significance of Mr Gandhi being back as an MP will be reflected in the hectic days ahead of the general election.

08 Aug 2023 12:10 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Rahul has legal options

His appeal will soon enough be in the high court and he can go on to the top court if indeed his appeal in the case

22 Apr 2023 12:20 AM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi arrives at Surat District Court for hearing of a criminal defamation case filed against him over his alleged 'Modi surname' remark, in Surat, Thursday, March 23, 2023. The court convicted Gandhi in the case. (PTI Photo)

Modi surname remarks: Surat court sentences Rahul to two years in jail; grants bail

Rahul Gandhi made the alleged remarks while addressing a rally at Kolar in Karnataka ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

23 Mar 2023 11:48 AM

Gujarat court asks Rahul Gandhi to appear on Oct 29 in defamation case

Prior to it, Gandhi had appeared before the court in October 2019 and pleaded not guilty for his comment

26 Oct 2021 1:26 PM

In his complaint, the MLA had alleged that Gandhi defamed the entire Modi community by saying "How come all the thieves have Modi as the common surname?". (PTI file photo)

Rahul Gandhi appears before Surat court in defamation case

BJP legislator from Surat Purnesh Modi had filed a complaint against Gandhi in April 2019 under IPC Sections 499 and 500

24 Jun 2021 12:37 PM

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI)

Imran Khan gets court notice for defamation filed by Nawaz Sharif's brother

Khan had alleged that Shahbaz Sharif offered him USD 61 million to withdraw the Panama Papers case in Supreme Court against Nawaz Sharif

06 Jun 2020 1:12 PM

The court heard that during the telecast last year, Reham, a journalist and broadcaster, was also likened to a historical Pakistani female figure known as “Budhan Bai”, who was a well-known courtesan, as part of a series of “slurs” upon her reputation. (Photo: File)

Pak PM Khan’s ex-wife Reham Khan wins defamation case against news channel

Reham said in a statement: 'I am glad that justice has finally prevailed. It took me a long legal battle to prove my innocence.'

13 Nov 2019 11:58 AM

Journalist Priya Ramani on Saturday told a Delhi court that through her tweet, which former Union Minister MJ Akbar has termed "defamatory", she was trying to highlight his "sexually-coloured behaviour" that she faced in 1993 from him. (Photo: ANI)

Priya Ramani on why she used the term ‘predator’ for M J Akbar

Several women have come out with accounts of the alleged sexual harassment by him while they were working under him as journalists.

08 Sep 2019 9:59 AM

Irked by "false and baseless allegations" by former Union Minister and BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, Congress leader DK Shivakumar has filed a defamation suit of Rs 204 crore. (Photo: File)

'He questioned my integrity': Shivakumar files defamation case against K’taka BJP MLA

Shivakumar went on to mention in petition that during his stint as Water Resources Minister, he undertook several official visits to Delhi.

04 Aug 2019 3:19 PM

The court had recently reserved its order after the pre-summoning recording of evidence by the complainant and two other witnesses. (Photo: ANI)

Defamation complaint: Delhi court summons Kejriwal to appear on Aug 7

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal issued the summons to Kejriwal on the complaint by Rajesh Kumar.

01 Aug 2019 8:28 PM

Kangana, Rangoli and Aditya Pancholi. (Photo: Twitter)

Next hearing of Aditya Pancholi's defamation case against Kangana deferred to Aug 22

Kangana and her sister were asked to appear before the court to seek bail or challenge the proceedings of the defamation cases.

26 Jul 2019 8:00 PM

Tanwar has filed the defamation case against the AAP leaders for accusing him of being involved in the murder of NDMC official MM Khan, who was shot dead in 2016. (Photo: ANI)

Delhi court summons Kejriwal in defamation case

The order was passed by Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) Samar Vishal.

23 Jul 2019 9:23 PM

Bombay HC quashes defamation proceedings against Ratan Tata, others

Wadia filed the case in 2016 after he was voted out of the boards of some Tata Group companies.

22 Jul 2019 1:43 PM

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on Tuesday granted exemption from personal appearance by a court here in a criminal defamation case filed by a Gujarat MLA over his 'Modi surname' remark. (Photo: File)

Rahul exempted from personal appearance in 'Modi surname' defamation case

The court then granted Gandhi exemption from personal appearance and kept the next hearing on October 10.

16 Jul 2019 4:01 PM

A Delhi court Tuesday granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a defamation case filed by the BJP. (Photo: File)

Delhi court grants bail to Arvind Kejriwal in defamation case filed by BJP

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal granted relief to Kejriwal on personal bond of Rs 10,000 as he appeared before court.

16 Jul 2019 11:58 AM

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi will appear before a court in Patna on Saturday in connection with a defamation suit filed against him by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi. (Photo: File)

Rahul Gandhi granted bail by Patna High Court in defamation case

Gandhi resigned as the Congress chief earlier this week taking moral responsibility for his party's Lok Sabha election debacle.

06 Jul 2019 11:51 AM

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in connection with criminal defamation suits filed against him by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel. (Photo: File)

Rahul Gandhi asked to appear before Gujarat court on July 12 in defamation case

Gandhi was on April 9 summoned by the court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate S K Gadhvi to appear before it on May 27.

28 May 2019 7:01 PM

Aditya Pancholi files police complaint against Kangana Ranaut; details inside

A fight between Kangana Ranaut and Aditya Pancholi has again taken an ugly turn.

15 May 2019 11:05 AM

Ramani had pleaded not guilty before the court and claimed trial after the court framed defamation charges against her on a criminal complaint of Akbar. (Photo: File I PTI)

MJ Akbar records statement, Ramani's counsel cross examines him

Akbar, who appeared before ACMM Samar Vishal, said the allegations made by Ramani were 'malafide' and 'defamatory'.

04 May 2019 11:41 AM

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