Supreme Court · 2002 INSC 348 · Decided 23 August 2002
K.M. Mathew ETC. v. K.A. Abraham and ORS. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2002 INSC 348 · [2002] SUPP. 1 S.C.R. 662
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 710/1998
- Decided
- 23 August 2002
- Bench
- U.C. BANERJEE, K.G. BALAKRISHNAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 319, 500; CrPC Section 319, 500
Headnote
Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867-Section 7-Complaint against Managing Editor, Chief Editor and Resident Editor of newspaper publications- C Publication of defamatory matter within their knowledge alleged-Magistrate taking cognizance and issuing summons-Appellants filing petitions for be prosecuted-High Court dismissing the petition-On appeal held, there is no statutory immunity against the appellants who had control over such publication-Thus there is no convincing reason to quash D criminal proceedings initiatedagainst appellants-Penal Code, 1860, Sections 319 and 500-Code
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