While quashing a summoning order in a defamation case, the Allahabad High Court observed that merely stating that two people of opposite gender have a close relationship would not amount to defamation. According to a Bench of Justice Saumitra Dayal Singh, being close to a person and getting into an illicit relationship are two different
Merely stating two people of the opposite gender are close would not amount to defamation: Allahabad HC
