”Anyone calling a government corrupt or unfit cannot be slapped with defamation case,” a bench of Justices Dipak Misra and R.F. It said the court must step in if there are continuous efforts to harass persons by filing a number of defamation cases. New Delhi, July 28 (PTI): Defamation cases should not be used as a political weapon against critics of government, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while staying non-bailable warrants issued against a Tamil Nadu politician and his wife. “There has to be tolerance to criticism...defamation cases cannot be used as a political counter weapon. Besides Jayalalithaa, the court has also issued notice to the public prosecutor who has filed the defamation case.

Source: The Telegraph July 28, 2016 12:22 UTC