Forwarding fake WhatsApp news clip alone isn't defamation, Gujarat HC quashes FIR | - The Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Gujarat high court, in its July 22 order, quashed a defamation FIR against a man accused of forwarding a fake newspaper clipping on WhatsApp, holding that merely forwarding a message without any evidence that the sender created or forged it does not amount to defamation. The court also said criminal defamation cases are generally not supposed to be investigated through an FIR.