A two Judge bench of the Indian Supreme Court of India, on 20th July,
2010, quashed[1] the criminal defamation case against 11 activists
initiated by the Crop Care Federation (formerly Pesticides Associations
of India, a consortium of pesticide manufacturing companies). The
chemical consortium had filed the case against the activists in the
Magistrate's Court of Warangal for publishing a report titled "The
Killing Fields of Warangal" in 2002.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/supreme-court-quashes-defamation-case-activists-association-pesticide
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/toxics-link
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/supreme-court
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-industry
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticide-use
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/warangal-d
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/andhra-pradesh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/farmers