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What did the Supreme Court uphold in Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India on 13 May 2016?

The 13 May 2016 judgment in Subramanian Swamy upheld the constitutional validity of IPC sections 499 and 500 concerning criminal defamation.

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What did the Supreme Court uphold in Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India on 13 May 2016?

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The 13 May 2016 judgment in Subramanian Swamy upheld the constitutional validity of IPC sections 499 and 500 concerning criminal defamation.

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The judgment was not a ruling on a right to die.

Option B

It upheld the constitutional validity of the criminal-defamation provisions in IPC sections 499 and 500.

Option C

IPC section 388 was not the criminal-defamation provision upheld in this decision.

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Contempt of court was not the subject of the holding asked about.

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