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SC agreed to hear The Wire’s plea against summons in defamation case filed by ex-JNU professor Amita Singh.

Justice Sundresh remarked that “time has come to decriminalise” defamation while issuing notice.

The case concerns a 2016 article linking Singh to a controversial dossier; The Wire disputes fresh Delhi court summons.

The Supreme Court decided to hear pleas from news outlet The Wire to overturn summonses in a defamation case brought by former JNU professor Amita Singh on Monday, reigniting discussion of India's colonial-era criminal defamation rules.

According to a bench consisting of Justices MM Sundresh and Satish Chandra Sharma, 2the time has come to decriminalise the defamation legislation".

"I think the time has come to decriminalise all this,"

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