Supreme Court of India

John Thomas v. Dr. K. Jagadeesan

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Reported as [2001] 3 S.C.R. 934
Bench K.T. Thomas and R.P. Sethi JJ.
Decided 12 July 2001

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Criminal Procedure Code, 1973: :.._ S.199-Defamation-Locus Standi to file complaint- "Some persons c aggrieved"-Scope of-Imputations published in a newspaper against a hospital that it was engaged in trading human kidneys-Complaint by Director of the hospital-Held, maintainable, as he would fall within the purview of "some persons aggrieved"-Even if imputation was not made against a person directly, but if he has reason to feel hurt by the same, he has locus standi to file. a complaint. Section 258-Power of Court to stop proceedings-Applicability of- Held, has no application to cases

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