HC quashes defamation case against media house; says publisher not expected to check truthfulness of FIR for news

HC quashes defamation case against media house; says publisher not expected to check truthfulness of FIR for news

The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed a defamation case filed against a leading media house, asserting that media has the right to report on registration of first information reports (FIRs) and the publisher is not expected to ascertain the truthfulness of an FIR before publishing news. Justice Vinay Joshi of the […]

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