Gandhinagar, Sept. 16 -- A local court here has issued notices to journalist Abhisar Sharma and blogger Raju Parulekar, directing them to appear in court on September 20 in connection with criminal defamation complaints filed against them by the Adani Group.

The notices were issued by Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gandhinagar.

The complaints, filed under Sections 356(1), 356(2), and 356(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, equivalent to Sections 499, 500, and 501 of the Indian Penal Code allege that the two published and circulated false and defamatory content with the intent to harm the conglomerate's reputation.

At the heart of the case is a YouTube video uploaded by Sharma on August 18, 2025, in which he alleged large-s...