On July 5, Congress leader, Shashi Tharoor, filed a criminal defamation suit against Republic News Channel before the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Thiruvananthapuram. The Lok Sabha MP has alleged that the channel had aired defamatory coverage of his wife, Sunanda Pushkar’s death case. Earlier on May 26 this year, Tharoor[Read More…]
Tag: Criminal Defamation
Here is how you can support ‘free speech’ in India
With billboards being vandalised, posters being ripped off and stones being pelted at every second movie, book, opinion, tweet and statement, the very concept of free speech is being threatened in our country. Even though the article 19 (1)(a) under the constitution of India gives us the freedom of speech,[Read More…]