Supreme Court of India
Sewakram Sobhani v. R.K. Karanjia, Chief Editor, Weekly Blitz & Ors.
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Penal Code-Section 499-Ninth exception-Scope of-Respondent made imputations regarding character of appellant in an article published in his journal purporting to be based on confidential report of a high official of State Government Government claimed privilege in regard to report-Magistrate proceeded to record plea of accused without seeing report-Government wuived privilege before High Court-In revision High Court held t~e news item justified on the basis of report High Court, whether competent to quash the order of Magistrate. c news item published in the Blitz weekly of which the
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- 2016 Subramanian Swamy v. Union of India, Ministry of Law & Ors.
- 2023 M/s Iveco Magirus Brandschutztechnik Gmbh v. Nirmal Kishore Bhartiya & Anr
- 2012 General Officer Commanding v. Cbi and Anr
- 2010 Jeffrey J. Diermeier and Anr. v. State of West Bengal & Anr.
- 2003 People's Union for Civil Liberties and Anr. v. Union of India
- 2001 Raju v. State of Haryana
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