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Bombay High Court Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Newspaper Chairman and Editor-in-Chief for Lack of Specific Allegations. Process under Section 500 IPC set aside as complaint failed to show applicants' direct involvement in selection or publication of defamatory news item.

The applicants, Vijay Darda (Chairman of Lokmat Media Private Limited) and Rajendra Darda (Editor-in-Chief of Lokmat Media), filed a criminal applicat...

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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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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Editor for Lack of Sanction Under Section 199 Cr.P.C. — Publication of Article by Editor of Newspaper Requires Previous Sanction of Public Prosecutor for Prosecution Under Sections 500, 501 IPC.

The petitioner, Sayeedull Hassan Quadri, the editor of Adabi Akkas Urdu Daily Newspaper, filed a petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C. seeking quashing o...

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Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection to Journalist in Multiple FIR Case Based on News Broadcasts. Court Transfers One FIR for Investigation, Stays Other Proceedings, and Emphasizes Balance Between Freedom of Speech and Criminal Process Under Article 19(1)(a) and Article 32 of the Constitution.

The dispute arose from two news broadcasts by the petitioner, a journalist and editor-in-chief of Republic TV and R Bharat, on 16 April 2020 and 21 Ap...

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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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Bombay High Court Allows Appeal in Defamation Case — Filing False Police Report Constitutes Publication Under Section 499 IPC. Accused's Admission of Filing False Complaint Sufficient to Prove Defamation Under Section 500 IPC.

The appellant, Narayan Ganesh Gadekar, filed a criminal complaint against the respondent, Parvati Sagun Gadekar, alleging defamation under Section 500...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Defamation Process Against Society Members for Lack of Specific Allegations. Complaint under Sections 500, 501, 34 IPC fails to identify which accused published the alleged defamatory letter.

The petitioners, six residents of Om Arpan CHS Ltd., Thane, were accused in Regular Criminal Case No.614/2006 under Sections 500 and 501 read with Sec...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Criminal Revision Applications Against Defamation Complaints — Complaints Under Section 499 IPC Not Barred by Limitation as Each Publication Constitutes a Separate Offence.

The applicant, Valmiki Faleiro, filed four criminal revision applications challenging the orders of the Judicial Magistrate First Class, Margao, takin...