<h1>Significant legal shift toward decriminalising defamation and preventing criminalization of civil money disputes, plus probe into betting app laundering</h1> The Supreme Court signalled a shift toward decriminalising defamation while agreeing to examine a petition seeking quashment of criminal summons, and reiterated that courts should not function as recovery agents or allow civil money disputes to be converted into criminal cases. Separately, a development authority rejected a mosque construction plan citing missing no-objection certificates despite land having been allotted under a prior apex-court directive. Enforcement authorities questioned a former sportsperson in a money-laundering probe tied to an online betting app. Heavy rains caused fatalities from electrocution and major disruption, and international diplomatic and immigration-policy developments were also reported.