Eady blocks Sikh libel case
17 May 2010Mr Justice Eady today put a permanent stay on a libel case brought by an Indian holy man against British journalist Hardeep Singh.
Mr Eady ruled that a 2007 article in the UK-based Sikh Times, in which Singh implied Sikh holy man Sant Baba Jeet Singh Ji Maharaj was a “cultist”, could not be judged in a libel court, as it was an argument of religious doctrine rather than establishment of fact.
Talk about this story
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
« Egyptian author faces jail for insulting Copts • Kuwaiti media banned from reporting on Iran ‘spy ring’ »
