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NEWS August 26, 2016 Not a sign of a healthy democracy: SC rebukes Jayalalithaa for number of defamation cases filed
By: sristy SahaImage credit: IANS The Supreme Court on Wednesday criticised the J Jayalalithaa government in Tamil Nadu for the number of defamation cases filed in the state. A bench of the court headed by Justice Dipak Misra observed that the state had the highest number of criminal defamation cases filed in the country, including through the use […]
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NEWS August 26, 2016 Did not mean to accuse RSS of assassinating Mahatma Gandhi, says Rahul Gandhi after defamation case
By: sristy SahaCongress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that he did not mean to accuse the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a whole of assassinating Mahatma Gandhi, reported The Times of India. The apex court was hearing a criminal defamation case filed by an activist associated with the right-wing organisation. Senior lawyer and […]