Supreme Court of India
Manoj Kumar Tiwari v. Manish Sisodia & Ors
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In view of the above, the appeal filed by Shri Vijender Gupta (A-5) is liable to succeed on the sole ground that the statements contained in his tweets cannot be said to be defamatory within the meaning of Section 499 of the IPC.
Judgment, page 33
From the headnote
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 : ss. 199(2), 199(4) & 199(6) – Prosecution for defamation – Complaint u/s. 200 CrP. . filed by respondent-Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi against six individuals alleging commission of the offences u/s. 499 and 500 r/w. ss. 34 and 35 IPC – Allegation that the accused no.1-appellant held a press conference making false and defamator y statements as though the respondent was involved in corr uption to the tune of Rs. 2000 crores, in the matter of award of contr acts for building classrooms in Delhi Government Schools; th at accused no. 2 to 4 shared platform
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