https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311355 In a defamation prosecution based on a newspaper report, the Court held that the statutory presumption under Section 7 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 attached to the person shown as editor, printer and publisher, and resident editor where they had expressly ed responsibility for the publication. On that record, the applicant could not be fastened with criminal liability merely because he was Chairman and Managing Editor, and the prosecution could not be sustained against him at the threshold. As the threshold issue was decided in his favour, the Court found it unnecessary to examine the plea based on the fourth exception to Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 16:06:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311355 In a defamation prosecution based on a newspaper report, the Court held that the statutory presumption under Section 7 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867 attached to the person shown as editor, printer and publisher, and resident editor where they had expressly ed responsibility for the publication. On that record, the applicant could not be fastened with criminal liability merely because he was Chairman and Managing Editor, and the prosecution could not be sustained against him at the threshold. As the threshold issue was decided in his favour, the Court found it unnecessary to examine the plea based on the fourth exception to Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311355