Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy
4 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy

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The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam found R. Ajithkumar, Associate Editor of Mangalam Publication and K. K. Sunil Staff Reporter guilty of defamation under Section 500 of IPC in a defamation case filed by former Kerala State Chief Secretary Tom Jose IAS. The Court sentenced both of them to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 4 months. Mangalam publications is found to be guilty for defamation under Section 500 of IPC and sale of printed material containing defamatory material under Section 502 of IPC. If the company declines to pay the fine, the Editor and Publisher of the publication would have to undergo 3 months of simple imprisonment for each of these offences.

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Defamation case against V K Saxena: Court junks Medha Patkar's plea for new witness
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Defamation case against V K Saxena: Court junks Medha Patkar's plea for new witness

Hindustan Times  

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Former assistant secretary, writer of farmers’ cooperative society get three years imprisonment
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Former assistant secretary, writer of farmers’ cooperative society get three years imprisonment

The Hindu  

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Filing Complaint Against A Person Before Lawful Authority Does Not Attract The Offence Of Defamation: Kerala High Court
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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Live Law  

The Kerala High Court while quashing a case of defamation, observed that the complaint filed in the present case before a lawful authority which was enquired by it, will not attract an offence under Section 500 IPC. "Admittedly, in this case, a complaint is filed before the Chief Minister and before the Director of Pariyaram Medical College, where the 1st …

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy
4 months, 1 week ago

Kerala Court Sentences Associate Editor, Staff Reporter Of Mangalam Publication To Imprisonment In Defamation Case By Former Chief Secy

Live Law  

The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Ernakulam found R. Ajithkumar, Associate Editor of Mangalam Publication and K. K. Sunil Staff Reporter guilty of defamation under Section 500 of IPC in a defamation case filed by former Kerala State Chief Secretary Tom Jose IAS. The Court sentenced both of them to undergo simple imprisonment for a period of 4 months. Mangalam publications …

Managing Director Of Newspaper Has No Direct Role In Selecting News, Chief Editor/Editor Is Responsible: Kerala High Court In Defamation Case
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Managing Director Of Newspaper Has No Direct Role In Selecting News, Chief Editor/Editor Is Responsible: Kerala High Court In Defamation Case

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court held that a managing director has no role in selecting the news item. Therefore, criminal prosecution, alleging defamation against the Managing Director, would not succeed, prima facie.” The allegation is that the newspaper published a news item saying that the complainant misappropriated funds of Rs. The petitioner argued that the Magistrate could not have taken cognizance …

Can't Prosecute Magistrate U/S 228-A IPC For Inadvertent Omission To Anonymize Rape Victim's Details: Kerala HC Emphasizes Judicial Caution
1 year, 2 months ago

Can't Prosecute Magistrate U/S 228-A IPC For Inadvertent Omission To Anonymize Rape Victim's Details: Kerala HC Emphasizes Judicial Caution

Live Law  

In a significant ruling, the Kerala High Court held that a Magistrate cannot be prosecuted under 228-A IPC on an inadvertent omission to anonymize the name and details of the victims based on an analysis of Section 228-A and the Judges Act, 1985. “This Court, therefore, suggests that, in matters like this, wherever petitions are filed by or against victims …

Delhi High Court Quashes Summoning Order Against The Wire’s Editors In Criminal Defamation Case By Ex JNU Professor
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Delhi High Court Quashes Summoning Order Against The Wire’s Editors In Criminal Defamation Case By Ex JNU Professor

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday quashed a summoning order issued by a trial court in 2017 against The Wire’s Editor and Deputy Editor in a criminal defamation case filed by former Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Amita Singh. Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani quashed the order passed by a metropolitan court on January 07, 2017, summoning The Wire’s Editor Siddharth Bhatia …

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Journalist 'Crime' Nandakumar Accused Of Verbally Abusing Woman Colleague
2 years, 7 months ago

Kerala High Court Grants Bail To Journalist 'Crime' Nandakumar Accused Of Verbally Abusing Woman Colleague

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court on Thursday granted bail to journalist T.P Nandakumar who was arrested last month on charges of verbally abusing a former woman employee and allegedly forcing her to make a vulgar video. Nandakumar, more commonly known as 'Crime' Nandakumar, is the chief editor of Crime Magazine.Justice Ziyad Rahman A.A allowed the appeal moved by the journalist primarily …

Press Has Right To Publish News Item With Its Necessary Comments & Views: Kerala High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Manorama Editors
4 years, 4 months ago

Press Has Right To Publish News Item With Its Necessary Comments & Views: Kerala High Court Quashes Defamation Case Against Manorama Editors

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has quashed a defamation complaint registered against the Chief Editor, Managing Editor and Publisher of Malayala Manorama Daily.Justice P. Somarajan observed that the press has the right to publish a news item with its necessary comments and views. The contemptuous nature of news item, if it is connected with imputation of truth, which requires publication for …

Will Publication Harming Governor's Reputation By Itself Amount To Offence U/s 124 IPC? Madras HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against 'Nakeeran' Gopal [Read Order]
5 years, 9 months ago

Will Publication Harming Governor's Reputation By Itself Amount To Offence U/s 124 IPC? Madras HC Stays Criminal Proceedings Against 'Nakeeran' Gopal [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has stayed criminal proceedings against 'Nakeeran' Gopal accused under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code. The court said that another issue is that, even if assuming the publication made is construed as malicious and it harms the reputation of the Governor of Tamil Nadu, can that by itself satisfy the requirement of the term "Overawe" …

Madras HC Restrains Journalists From Linking TN CM Palaniswami To Robbery Attempt At Jayalalitha's Estate
6 years, 1 month ago

Madras HC Restrains Journalists From Linking TN CM Palaniswami To Robbery Attempt At Jayalalitha's Estate

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday issued an interim injunction restraining a former magazine editor and six others from making any statement linking Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami to the Kodanad estate break-in case. Justice K Kalyanasundaram issued the exparte interim injunction on a defamation suit filed by Palaniswami against former Tehelka managing editor Mathew Samuel and. Justice K …

Delhi HC Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Bennett Coleman For TOI Article Against Advocate Deepak Khosla [Read Judgment]
6 years, 5 months ago

Delhi HC Quashes Defamation Proceedings Against Bennett Coleman For TOI Article Against Advocate Deepak Khosla [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court recently quashed defamation proceedings initiated against Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd., its Whole-time Directors, Managing Directors and Editors, for an article published on Advocate Deepak Khosla.The judgment was passed by Justice RK Gauba on a batch of petitions filed under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, demanding quashing of defamation. The Delhi High …

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7 years, 3 months ago

Solar Scam-Relief For Oomman Chandy: Kerala HC Restrains Publication, Discussion On Saritha Nair’s Letter For 2 Months [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has restrained the publication and media discussion on the contents of the letter dated 19.07.2013 allegedly written by Saritha S Nair, which has been referred by the Justice Sivarajan Commission’s report. The report of the Justice Sivarajan Commission, which was tabled in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in November 2017, had found that the former Chief Minister. …

Two Journalists Get Jail Term After Karnataka Assembly Unanimously Resolve To Punish Them
7 years, 8 months ago

Two Journalists Get Jail Term After Karnataka Assembly Unanimously Resolve To Punish Them

Live Law  

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KB Koliwad has reportedly sentenced two journalists to one-year imprisonment, with a fine of Rs 10,000, after the Assembly passed a unanimous resolution to punish them for writing defamatory articles against legislators. "The State Assembly has decided to punish the two journalists of Kannada tabloids for publishing defamatory articles against legislators," the. "The State Assembly has decided …

Two Journalists Get Jail Term After Karnataka Assembly Unanimously Resolve To Punish Them
7 years, 8 months ago

Two Journalists Get Jail Term After Karnataka Assembly Unanimously Resolve To Punish Them

Live Law  

Karnataka Assembly Speaker KB Koliwad has reportedly sentenced two journalists to one-year imprisonment, with a fine of Rs 10,000, after the Assembly passed a unanimous resolution to punish them for writing defamatory articles against legislators. "The State Assembly has decided to punish the two journalists of Kannada tabloids for publishing defamatory articles against legislators," the. "The State Assembly has decided …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
8 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

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Rape victim allowed to abort 24-week-old foetus as mother’s life in dangerThe Supreme Court on Monday allowed a 26-year-old alleged rape victim to abort a 24-week old foetus with severe abnormalities as a medical board ordered by it declared that there was a danger to the mother’s life. Rape victim allowed to abort 24-week-old foetus as mother’s life in danger …

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up
8 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-Up

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Rape victim allowed to abort 24-week-old foetus as mother’s life in dangerThe Supreme Court on Monday allowed a 26-year-old alleged rape victim to abort a 24-week old foetus with severe abnormalities as a medical board ordered by it declared that there was a danger to the mother’s life. Rape victim allowed to abort 24-week-old foetus as mother’s life in danger …

Editors' body condemns attack on journalists in Delhi
9 years, 1 month ago

Editors' body condemns attack on journalists in Delhi

India TV News  

New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Monday condemned the attack by certain lawyers on journalists covering the JNU case in a court complex here. "The Editors Guild of India took serious note of the assault on journalists and strongly condemns this attempt to intimidate the media through the threat of physical violence, and prevent the journalists from doing …

A Judicial officer cannot be penalized for passing erroneous orders: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]
9 years, 1 month ago

A Judicial officer cannot be penalized for passing erroneous orders: Kerala HC [Read Judgment]

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court has ruled in P. Sujanapal v State of Kerala & others that except in exceptional circumstances, a judicial officer is protected from legal action of whatever nature for wrong orders rendered by him.A private complaint was filed against the writ petitioner alleging offences punishable under Ss.466, 469, 471 and 500 IPC before the Chief. The Kerala …

Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells SC |IndiaTV News
9 years, 8 months ago

Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells SC |IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Criminal defamation in IPC should be retained: Government tells Supreme Court New Delhi: The provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code as a deterrent against defamatory actions, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.The Ministry of Home Affairs in its New Delhi: The provision for criminal defamation should be retained in the Indian Penal Code …

#Defamation Case filed by police officer : SC dismisses plea by Rajdeep Sardesai & 7 other journalists [Read the Judgment]
9 years, 10 months ago

#Defamation Case filed by police officer : SC dismisses plea by Rajdeep Sardesai & 7 other journalists [Read the Judgment]

Live Law  

The Supreme Court has dismissed a criminal appeal filed by a senior journalist Rajdeep Sardesai challenging the summons issued to him by the Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge, Nampally in a case filed under Sections 499 and 500 read with 120B of the IPC for allegedly making false implication against a senior officer of Hyderabad police in connection. The Supreme Court …

Madras HC dispenses with personal appearance of Tamil daily Editor
10 years, 11 months ago

Madras HC dispenses with personal appearance of Tamil daily Editor

India TV News  

Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday dispensed with the personal appearance of the Editor of Tamil Daily 'Dinamalar' before the II Metropolitan Magistrate Court till the copies of complaint and the sworn statement recorded in the criminal Case against him are furnished. Justice C T Selvam before whom the Criminal Original Petition filed by the Editor came up has directed …

Court orders framing of charges against BJP's Gupta for defamation
11 years, 8 months ago

Court orders framing of charges against BJP's Gupta for defamation

India TV News  

New Delhi, July 1: A court here Monday ordered framing of charges against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijender Gupta in a criminal defamation complaint lodged against him by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. Metropolitan Magistrate Namrita Aggarwal said an offence of defamation was prima facie made out against Gupta and fixed the matter for July 27 for formally framing charges …

Rajasthan HC sends Jaipur journalist to 6 months jail in defamation case
12 years, 1 month ago

Rajasthan HC sends Jaipur journalist to 6 months jail in defamation case

India TV News  

Jodhpur, Jan 23: A journalist of a Jaipur-based newspaper was today sentenced to six months imprisonment in a defamation case by the Rajasthan High Court, which also slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 each on the owner, editor and a correspondent of the daily. While hearing the contempt petition, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Amitav Roy and Justice Mahendra …

IPI denounces journalist’s arrest
15 years, 4 months ago

IPI denounces journalist’s arrest

The Hindu  

The International Press Institute has condemned the arrest of A.S. Mani, Editor of Tamil magazine Naveena Netrikkan, on the criminal charge of defamation. “The arrest of A.S. Mani shows the extent to which criminal defamation can effectively silence the media’s ability to report on issues of public concern,” IPI director David Dadge said. The police not only charged Mr. Mani …

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