JK High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Arnab Goswami, Aditya Raj Kaul
The court said that reporting allegations about the official duties of a public figure cannot be considered defamatory.
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The court said that reporting allegations about the official duties of a public figure cannot be considered defamatory.
Court held that in order to constitute an offence of abetment, the act committed by the accused must be of such nature so that the deceased must be left with no other option but to take extreme step of ending his life.
The UP police’s failure to obtain the necessary sanction from the state government only vindicates his innocence. Khan joins a long list of accused who successfully used the law to expose the state’s hypocrisy.
The impugned FIR is nothing but an abuse of process of law and clearly reflects malafide on part of police, the court held.
J&K ‘routine’ order on Eid eve banning animal slaughter kicks up a storm SECTIONS Share Synopsis The Jammu and Kashmir administration has asked for immediate stoppage of slaughter of cows, calves, camels and other animals for religious sacrifice and threatened action against the offenders just ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Agencies The order was perceived as a directive of ban on animal sacrifice, a practice on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has asked for immediate stoppage of slaughter of cows, calves, camels and other animals for religious sacrifice and threatened...