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Supreme Court Partly Allows Contempt Appeal: Editor's Conviction Upheld, Politician's Quashed for Pre-Arrest Statement on Murder Conspiracy. Majority holds pre-arrest statement not contempt as proceedings not imminent; editor liable as publication post-arrest.

The dispute arose from a contempt proceeding against A.K. Gopalan, a political leader, and P. Govinda Pillai, editor of the newspaper 'Deshabhimani', ...

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Bombay High Court Quashes FIR Against Journalist in Police Defamation Case — Publication of News About Police Disharmony Does Not Attract Section 505(2) IPC. Police Case for Defamation of Public Servant Under Section 500 IPC Not Maintainable Without Sanction Under Section 199 CrPC.

The petitioner, a journalist, published two news articles in Dainik Pudhari on 8 October 2017 and 22 May 2018 regarding incidents involving police per...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Criminal Contempt Petition Against Newspaper for Fair Reporting of Court Proceedings. Publication of Article About Litigation Between Senior Citizen and Builder Held Not to Constitute Contempt of Court as It Was a Fair and Accurate Report of Pending Proceedings.

The petitioner, Vijay S. Mallya, filed a criminal contempt petition against Bennett Coleman and Company Limited (publisher of The Times of India), its...

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Bombay High Court Allows Revision, Discharges Newspaper Editor in POCSO Identity Disclosure Case. Section 23(3) POCSO Act imposes vicarious liability on publisher only if employee acts within course of employment; editor not liable for independent acts of reporter.

The case involves a criminal revision application filed by Gammat Nandlal Bhandari, the editor/publisher of a newspaper, challenging the order of the ...

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Supreme Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Editorial Director and Journalists for Lack of Specific Allegations and Non-Compliance with Section 202 CrPC — News Articles on Art Auction Authenticity Not Defamatory as They Did Not Lower Complainant's Reputation in Eyes of Others.

The Supreme Court allowed the appeals and quashed the criminal proceedings for defamation under Sections 499 and 500 IPC against the appellants, who w...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Summons in Defamation Case Against Newspaper Publisher and Editor for Reporting FIR — Reporting of Police Press Release Constitutes Fair Comment and Substantial Truth Under Exception 1 to Section 499 IPC.

The petitioners, Manish Karapurkar (Publisher) and K. R. Sreenivas (Editor) of The Times of India, Goa Edition, filed a Criminal Writ Petition under S...

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Karnataka High Court Dismisses Revision Petition in Sales Tax Case — Stock Transfer of Newsprint Not Exempt as Sale. Transfer of newsprint from Manipal to Mumbai for printing by third party constitutes sale under KST Act, 1957.

The petitioner, M/s Manipal Media Network Limited, is in the business of newspaper publication and uses newsprint, which is taxable under the Sales Ta...