Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Reporter For Exposing Government Officials’ Misuse Of Hospital Ambulances: Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

In a landmark judgment, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed a defamation case under Section 500 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) against Rajesh Tandon, a reporter for Early Times newspaper. The case revolves around a news article published in April 2018 that accused the Surankote Hospital ambulance of being used as a load carrier, allegedly misusing government property. The incident raised a series of…