Bombay High Court refuses to quash a criminal defamation complaint against Rahul Gandhi over his "Choron Ke Sardar" and "Commander-in-Thief" remarks about the Prime Minister, holding that a registered political party is an identifiable body capable of being defamed.
Supreme Court holds that a company can face criminal prosecution for an offence requiring mens rea even where the individual officer through whom it allegedly acted has not been identified or arraigned, refusing to quash proceedings against Sanofi India over an alleged CBI procurement probe.
Rajasthan High Court dismisses a quashing petition and imposes ₹50,000 costs on a man who presented himself as an advocate before trial courts without bar enrolment, holding that no person may practise as an advocate without enrolment under the Advocates Act.