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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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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Newspaper Trust and Editors for Lack of Specific Allegations. Criminal proceedings under Sections 499, 500, 109 IPC quashed as complaint failed to disclose how petitioners were responsible for publication of alleged defamatory news item.

The case involves four criminal petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) by the petitioners seeking quashing o...

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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 Bail to Editor-in-Chief in Abetment to Suicide Case — High Court Erred in Declining Bail Without Prima Facie Evaluation of FIR. Non-Payment of Dues Alone Does Not Constitute Abetment to Suicide Under Section 306 IPC.

The appellant, Arnab Manoranjan Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, was arrested on 4 November 2020 in connection with FIR No. 59 of 2018 registe...

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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...

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Supreme Court Upholds Conviction of Police Officer for Dereliction of Duty in Dinakaran Arson Case. Failure to Prevent Attack and Apprehend Criminals Under Sections 217 and 221 IPC.

The case arises from the tragic Dinakaran newspaper arson incident on May 9, 2007, where a mob attacked the office, resulting in the death of three em...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Criminal Proceedings Against Managing Director and Publisher in Defamation Case for Lack of Specific Allegations of Involvement in Publication. Managing Director Not Liable Under Sections 500, 501, 502 IPC Without Evidence of Direct Role in Publication.

The applicants, Muncherji Nusserwanji Cama (Managing Director of Bombay Samachar Pvt. Ltd.) and the company itself, filed an application under Section...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Criminal Defamation Proceedings Against Newspaper Owners for Lack of Specific Allegations of Mens Rea. Petitioners, as Chairman and Managing Director, Not Shown to Have Direct Role in Publication of Alleged Defamatory Material.

The petitioners, B V Seetaram and Rohini Seetaram, were the Chairman and Managing Director respectively of Chitra Publications Pvt. Ltd., which publis...