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An editor of a prestigious publication had to step down after a large corporate group, irked by a negative article, sent legal notices. Another young news website, publishing strong stories, has been dragged to a court in Mizoram. A few months earlier, a minority shareholder was dragged to another small town court for questioning a listed company’s bankrolling of the lavish lifestyle of its promoter.
Such tactics are neither new nor peculiar to Indian corporations. They are so common that they have been dedicated an acronym: SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation). By definition, SLAPPs are intended to censor, intimidate and
