{"id":288721,"date":"2024-03-30T18:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=288721"},"modified":"2024-03-30T18:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T13:25:14","slug":"slapp-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/slapp-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"SLAPP Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>-This post on <strong>SLAPP Suits<\/strong> has been created based on the article &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-law\/supreme-court-bloomberg-article-zee-slapp-9236658\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Why Supreme Court allowed Bloomberg\u2019s article against ZEE to remain online<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; published in &#8220;<strong>The Indian Express<\/strong>&#8221; on 30 March 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court has recently overruled a trial judge\u2019s order that directed Bloomberg to remove its article on SEBI\u2019s investigation into Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE).<\/p>\n<h2>About SLAPP Suits<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_288724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-288724\" style=\"width: 267px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-288724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/images-3.jpg?resize=267%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"SLAPP Suits\" width=\"267\" height=\"149\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-288724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source-Article 19<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong>-It stands for strategic lawsuit against public participation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Origin<\/strong>-The concept of a SLAPP lawsuit evolved in the US. There, lawsuits\u00a0were filed against individual who voiced their concern over important or considerable social issues in the public arena.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Objective<\/strong>-To target an act of public participation which speaks out against abuse of power. This may include journalism, advocacy, whistleblowing, peaceful protests or boycotts, activism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main focus<\/strong>-Winning the lawsuit is not the focus. The petitioner goal is accomplished if the defendant succumbs to fear and intimidation and then subsequently withdraw his criticism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Purpose of fill SLAPP suits-<\/strong>They are routinely filed for defamation, abuse of process, malicious prosecution, conspiracy, invasion of privacy, and tortious interference with contract or business relationships. For ex- most common SLAPP suits often involves a powerful corporation suing local citizens for speaking against their company.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/polity\/judiciary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-Judiciary in India<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE- Ex-parte Injunction-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is a court order that is issued without hearing from the other party that is involved in the case. It is only granted in emergency situations where there is a risk of irreparable harm if immediate action is not taken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus-Polity and Nation<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source-This post on SLAPP Suits has been created based on the article &#8220;Why Supreme Court allowed Bloomberg\u2019s article against ZEE to remain online&#8221; published in &#8220;The Indian Express&#8221; on 30 March 2024. Why in the news? The Supreme Court has recently overruled a trial judge\u2019s order that directed Bloomberg to remove its article on SEBI\u2019s&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/slapp-suits\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SLAPP Suits<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10374,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-288721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10374"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288721\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}