Supreme Court · 1970 INSC 135 · Decided 8 May 1970
Tej Kiran Jain and Others v. N. Sanjiva Reddy and Others
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 1970 INSC 135 · [1971] 1 S.C.R. 612
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 2572/1969
- Decided
- 8 May 1970
- Bench
- M. HIDAYATULLAH, J.C. SHAH, K.S. HEGDE, A.N. GROVER, A.N. RAY, I.D. DUA (6-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 105(2), 105
Headnote
Constitution of India, Article 105 (2)-speec/res made in Parliament by member-Extent of immunity from any ·action in courts-S11preme Court 7ppeal-No(ice 9! lodgment-Effect of. The appellants filed a suit for demages in respect of defamatory state­ ments alleged to !)ave been made by the on the floor of the Lok Sabha during a calling attention motion. The High Court dismissed the suit holding that no proceedings could be taken in a court of law in respect of what was said on the floor of Parliament in vieW of Art. 105(2) of the Constitution. However, it certified the case
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