Defamation quashed against press full order
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
RESERVED ON : 28.02.2020
DELIVERED ON : 21.05.2020
C O R A M
THE HON’BLE Mr.JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE
W.P.Nos.5129, 31552, 5130, 27764, 27765, 31553, 23679, 32392, 32393,
33291, 23681, 25377, 32394, 25378, 33218, 33290, 4860, 4861, 23680,
25296, 25297 of 2012 and 11624, 11625, 11626, 11627, 11628, 11727,
11728 of 2013
and
Connected Miscellaneous Petitions
In W.P.No.5129 of 2012
Thiru N.Ram,
Editor-in-Chief, Printer & Publisher
“The Hindu”
Kasturi & Sons Limited,
Plot B-6 & B-7, CMDA industrial Complex,
Maraimalal Nagar,
Chengleput Taluk,
Kancheepuram District,
Pin: 603209 … Petitioner
Versus
1.Union of India,
Represented by its Secretary to Government,
Ministry of Law and Company Affairs,
Shastri Bhawan,
New Delhi – 110 001.
2.State of Tamil Nadu,
Represented by its Secretary to Government,
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Public Department, Fort St. George,
Chennai – 600 009.
3.The City Public Prosecutor,
City Civil Court Buildings,
Chennai -600 104. … Respondents
PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
seeking issuance of Writ of Certiorari calling for the records pertaining to
the G.O.Ms.No.38 Public (Law and Order – H) Department dated 13
th
January 2012 issued by the 2
nd respondent and to quash the same as the
same is an abuse of the process of law and is unconstitutional and illegal
as it affects the petitioner’s right to freedom of speech and expression
and that of the press and media.
For Petitioner … Mr.P.S.Raman, Senior Counsel
for Mr.M.S.Murali
For Respondent 1 … Mr.J.Madana Gopal Rao,
Central Government Standing Counsel
For Respondents 2 & 3 … Mr.S.R.Rajagopalan, AAG,
Assisted by Mr.K.Ravi Kumar,
Additional Government Pleader
COMMON ORDER
These batch of writ petitions raises the following questions for
consideration:
a) What is meant by Criminal defamation against the State ? What
is the statutory criteria required for launching prosecution for criminal
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