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Karnataka High Court Upholds Conviction for Defamation Under Section 500 IPC and Enhances Sentence to Imprisonment. Accused's Revision Dismissed, Complainant's Revision Partly Allowed for Enhancement of Sentence.

The case involves two criminal revision petitions arising from a defamation case under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The complainant, H....

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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 Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Journalists in Defamation Cases for Lack of Sanction Under Section 197 CrPC. Proceedings under Sections 499, 500 IPC and Section 292 IPC Quashed as Sanction Required for Public Servants Acting in Discharge of Official Duty.

The judgment involves three criminal writ petitions filed by seven petitioners, who are employees of a newspaper, seeking quashing of criminal proceed...

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High Court Quashes FIR Against University Vice-Chancellor in SC/ST Act Case - Termination of Lecturer Does Not Constitute Caste-Based Atrocity or Defamation - Criminal Proceedings Deemed Counter-Blast Litigation and Abuse of Process

The High Court of Karnataka allowed a criminal petition seeking to quash an FIR registered against Vice-Chancellor of Bengaluru North University, unde...

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Supreme Court Quashed Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Editorial Director and Journalists for Non-Compliance with Section 202 CrPC

Issuance of Summons Without Mandatory Inquiry Under Section 202 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) Held Vitiated – No Presumption Against Edito...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Revision Petition in Defamation Case — Conviction for Criminal Defamation Under Sections 499, 500, 501 IPC Upheld. Concurrent findings of fact by trial and appellate courts cannot be interfered with in revision unless perverse or illegal.

The petitioner, B.S. Shivaprasad, was the printer, publisher and acting editor of a newspaper. He was tried in C.C.No.21429/2001 before the JMFC, II C...