Supreme Court · 1956 INSC 30 · Decided 26 April 1956
Kartar Singh & Others v. The State of PUNJAB.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1956 INSC 30 · [1956] 1 S.C.R. 476
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 49/1955
- Decided
- 26 April 1956
- Bench
- N. CHANDRASEKHARA AIYAR, NATWARLAL HARILAL BHAGWATI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
Headnote
Punjab Security of the Stole Act, 1953 (Punjab Act XII of 1953), s. 9-Members of proce38ion shouting defamatory slogans against Ministers of State Government-Prosecution under •· 9-Whether j11stified. The appellants were members of a. procession taken out to pro­ test against the the slogans "Jaggu mama hai hai (Jaggu, maternal uncle he dead)" and "Khachar Kbota hai hai (mule·cum· donkey be dead)". The words were directed against the Transport Minister and the Chief Minister respe9tively and were defamatory. The appellants were
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