Hindustan Times
I wrote last week about the debate over the private lives of public figures currently raging in the West. When I posted that column, I could not name the football player who had obtained a super-injunction preventing the media from reporting about his love life. Read more
(10 votes, average: 2.2 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, May 27, 2011 at 10:38 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged Dominique Strauss-Kahn, House of Commons, Imogen Thomas, King Edward VIII, Manchester United, Medium term, Ryan Giggs, super-injunction, Vir Sanghvi, Wallis Simpson, Wikileaks, Yuvraj Singh
Contrary to what many people seem to think, the libel laws in India are not weak. The problem is not with the laws themselves but with the judicial system. It takes several years for any case to be resolved. And libel cases are no exception. Read more
(7 votes, average: 2.43 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Andrew Marr, Arnold Schwarzenegger, British libel laws, Hindustan Times, Justice Eady, libel laws, news, private lives, public figure, Roman Polanski, super-injunctions, US libel laws, Vanity Fair
I was surprised to learn that the government is setting up a group of ministers to examine how best to communicate with the media. Read more
(20 votes, average: 3.7 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Friday, May 13, 2011 at 3:01 pm
Filed under India · Tagged Arun Jaitley, group of ministers, Hindustan Times, L.K. Advani, news, NREGA, P Chidambaram, Suresh Kalmadi, Sushma Swaraj, UPA government
