BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN PRIVACY
|24/02/2018
The Supreme Court’s new ruling that poll candidates and their relatives must reveal the source of their income, infringes their fundamental right to privacy
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|20/02/2018
After a spate of court orders gagging the media, two judges buck the trend in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Pachauri cases
BY SEVANTI NINAN, RAHUL BHATNAGAR, SHILPI GOYAL|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|03/01/2018
It’s been win some, lose some but some of the more significant rulings have been in favour of media freedom,
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|30/09/2017
In two cases involving CNN IBN-Cobrapost and the ToI, the judiciary took 10 and 20 years respectively to decide cases of civil and criminal defamation.
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|26/08/2017
…the problem for journalists is that it can be used against them when public figures and celebrities want to stop media scrutiny
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|23/06/2017
Although the judgment has declined to find newspaper managements guilty of contempt, it has settled 4 questions of law which will have far reaching implications for journalists and newspapers in India.
BY PRASHANT THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|06/06/2017
A High Court judge says an apology for defamation is often better than damages. The argument is intriguing, but flawed.
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|31/05/2017
Justice Endlaw fell back on a far-reaching principle rather than jurisdiction to dismiss the case before him,
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|23/03/2017
It falls for the specious arguments put forward for a media gag by three lawyers accused of sexual harassment.
BY PRASHANT REDDY THIKKAVARAPU|
IN JUDGEMENTS
|16/01/2017
But the case shows how contempt is misused by the courts to crush critical reports quickly while the final ruling takes years to come.
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