Our defamation laws don't work

Digvijaya Singh’s response to the news of a criminal complaint against him for defamation by BJP president Nitin Gadkari was a curious one. Singh declared that he would now begin research into the business links of Gadkari, who he alleged had connections with an MP said to have made Rs 500 crore through coal allocations. Odd, it would seem, to first shoot off one’s mouth and then proceed to verify the truth of one’s claim. But Digvijaya Singh may not be alone in such follies. Reputations are taken lightly in India, largely because the law of defamation has failed to provide effective deterrence.

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