NEW DELHI, Sep 23: The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that the time has come to decriminalise the defamation law, while hearing a plea filed by the Foundation for Independent Journalism, which runs The Wire news portal, and its political affairs editor Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta.
A bench of Justices M M Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma issued notice to former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor Amita Singh, who had filed the case. The court’s oral observation came as it examined summons issued in connection with an allegedly defamatory dossier published by the portal.
“I think time has come to decriminalise all this…” Justice Sundresh remarked during the hearing. The complainant had alleged that the report was part of a “hate campaign” intended to malign her reputation.
This is the second round of litigation in the matter. In 2023, the Delhi High Court had quashed the summons, but the Supreme Court later reversed that decision and remanded the case back to the trial court. The trial court once again issued summons, and the High Court upheld it. The apex court has now agreed to examine the plea afresh.
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