Hardeep Singh and Vaughan Jones talk libel

March 30th, 2012

As Vaughan Jones awaits the verdict in his libel case, he and Hardeep Singh discuss what it’s like to be sued, and what next for libel reform
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Post-traumatic libel syndrome

March 4th, 2011

His three-year defamation battle may be over, but Hardeep Singh still faces an uphill battle to recover his costs
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Holy Man libel case goes to appeal court

August 16th, 2010

Nightmare on Holy Street, Part 2: His Holiness goes to the Court of Appeal. Hardeep Singh reports
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Nightmare on holy street

June 30th, 2010

My victory over “his Holiness” reignites the debate on the place of religion in secular courts but the ordeal is not over yet. Hardeep Singh reports
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Sued by a holy man

June 2nd, 2010

Michael Harris interviews Hardeep Singh, the recent victor of the libel trial, His Holiness v Singh. What’s it like to be sued by a “holy man”?
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Eady blocks Sikh libel case

May 17th, 2010

Mr 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.