Supreme Court of India

Sewakram Sobhani v. R.K. Karanjia, Chief Editor, Weekly Blitz & Ors.

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Reported as [1981] 3 S.C.R. 627
Decided 1 May 1981

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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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