In Tamil Nadu the AIADMK has filed 112 defamation cases against media and political rivals, according to this Mint report from howindialives.com, the search engine for public data in India. The latest is a criminal defamation case against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy for a tweet on the health of Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK leader J. Jayalalithaa. Swamy has challenged criminal defamation in a writ before the Supreme Court.