Maharashtra is considering a state-level amendment to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita to specifically address defamatory social media posts, 11 years after the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the IT Act. But India already criminalises defamation. So where exactly does criticism end and unlawful reputational harm begin? A tweet accusing someone of corruption. An Instagram post repeating an allegation. A YouTube video criticising a public official. A repost of someone else

The Allahabad High Court has referred allegations concerning senior IAS officer and Devi Patan Mandal Commissioner Durga Shakti Nagpal to the court dealing with criminal contempt matters after a Civil Judge alleged that she was subjected to intimidation and undue pressure during a phone call connected with a nearly three-decade-old land dispute. Nagpal has given a different account of the conversation and maintained that the pending case itself was not discussed. The Allahaba