https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311355 The court allowed the application to quash the process issued against the applicant, the Managing Editor of the Indian Express Group, under Section 500 read with Section 34 of IPC for defamation. It held that the applicant was not responsible for day-to-day reporting of the newspaper, as this duty fell to the Resident Editor and Editor. The presumption of responsibility under Section 7 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, did not apply to him. Additionally, the publication was deemed a substantially true report of court proceedings, falling under the Fourth Exception to Section 499 of IPC, thus not constituting defamation. The rule was made absolute for the applicant only. 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 The court allowed the application to quash the process issued against the applicant, the Managing Editor of the Indian Express Group, under Section 500 read with Section 34 of IPC for defamation. It held that the applicant was not responsible for day-to-day reporting of the newspaper, as this duty fell to the Resident Editor and Editor. The presumption of responsibility under Section 7 of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867, did not apply to him. Additionally, the publication was deemed a substantially true report of court proceedings, falling under the Fourth Exception to Section 499 of IPC, thus not constituting defamation. The rule was made absolute for the applicant only. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=311355