Supreme Court · 1989 INSC 312 · Decided 18 October 1989
DR. Subramaniam Swamy v. Ramakrishna Hegde
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1989 INSC 312 · [1989] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 469
- Case number
- TRANSFER PETITION (CIVIL) No. 338/1989
- Decided
- 18 October 1989
- Bench
- K. JAGANNATHA SHETTY, A.M. AHMADI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Case Allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC Section 25
Headnote
B Code of Civil Procedure-Section 25-Transfer of civil proceed­ ings-Supreme Court to be satisfied that it is expedient for the ends of justice. The Respondent had filed a suit for defamation in the Bombay High Court against the petitioner, claiming Rupees one crore as C damages for the injury defamatory statements made by the petitioner at a Press Conference held al New Delhi on January 10, 1989. The allegation in the plaint was that the petitioner levelled several accusations at the said Press Conference which were D widely circulated/reported in the newspapers of January 11, 1989.
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