{
  "id": 9336983,
  "title": "Kalyan Court Acquits Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy CM Eknath Shinde In 17-Year-Old Vasant Davkhare Defamation Case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/kalyan-court-acquits-uddhav-thackeray-deputy-cm-eknath-shinde-in-17",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T12:04:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/kalyan-court-acquits-uddhav-thackeray-deputy-cm-eknath-shinde-in-17-year-old-vasant-davkhare-defamation-case"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kalyan, September 23, 2026: A 17-year-old defamation case stemming from a controversial CD shown during the 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign finally reached its conclusion on Wednesday with a Kalyan court acquitting former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and two other accused. The case was filed by late NCP leader Vasant Davkhare, who was the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}