Criminal Defamation, Kerala, Karnataka, Hyderabad, Orissa

# No.	*Cause Title*	Court	Year	Media Involved
1	G Chandrasekhara Pillai v. K Karthikeyan	HC (Ker)	1964	Newspaper
2	VS Achuthanandan v. G Kamalamma	HC (Ker)	2008	Newspaper
3	V Subair v. PK Sudhakaran	HC (Ker)	1987	Newspaper
4	KM Mathew v. KA Abraham	HC (Ker)	1997	Newspaper
5	MM Hassan v. State of Kerala	HC (Ker)	2016	TV
6	Mathrubhoomi Printing and Publishing Co. v. Sudheesh K	HC (Ker)	2016	Newspaper
7	N Ram v. Siby Mathew	HC (Ker)	2000	Biweekly magazine
8	KM Mathew v. TV Balan	HC (Ker)	1984	Newspaper
9	Mammootti v. Rajaji Mathew Thomas	HC (Ker)	2006	TV
10	Persy Gerald Papali v. Abraham	HC (Ker)	1962	Newspaper
11	Varkey George v. KP Vasu Pillai	HC (Ker)	1963	Newspaper
12	Jacob Mathew v. State of Kerala	HC (Ker)	2013	Newspaper
13	John Manjooran v. CM Stephen	HC (Ker)	1973	Newspaper
14	Pachhalloor Noohu v. Public Prosecutor	HC (Ker)	1974	Newspaper
15	Prasad Lakshmanan v. State of Kerala	HC (Ker)	2002	Newspaper
16	KM Mathew v. PM Nalini	HC (Ker)	1987	Newspaper
17	K Abdurahiman v. Pradeep Menon	HC (Ker)	1988	Newspaper
18	T Kunhambu v. A Sojath	HC (Ker)	1989	Newspaper
19	CM Stephen v. John Manjooran	HC (Ker)	1970	Newspaper
20	John Manjooran v. CM Stephen	HC (Ker)	1973	Newspaper
21	R Sankar v. State	HC (Ker)	1958	Newspaper
22	MP Narayana Pillai v. MP Chacko	HC (Ker)	1986	Weekly magazine
23	Chellappan Pillai v. Karanjia	HC (Ker)	1961	Magazine
24	State v. D Packiaraj	HC (Ker)	1950	Newspaper
25	Konath Madhavi Amma v. SM Sherief	HC (Ker)	1985	Newspaper
26	Sasikumar B Menon v. S Vijayan	HC (Ker)	1998	TV
27	Leelamma Thomas v. State of Kerala	HC (Ker)	2014	Newspaper
28	Hassan MM v. Arunkumar VA	HC (Ker)	2009	Multiple (press conference)
29	Jacob Mathew v. Manikantan	HC (Ker)	2012	Newspaper
30	Sujatha PG v. KP Krishnakumar	HC (Ker)	2009	Fortnightly magazine
31	MP Raju v. TG Chacko	HC (Ker)	2005	Book
32	KC Madhavan Embranthiri v. MM Thomas	HC (Ker)	2004	Newspaper
33	PM Abubacker v. PJ Alexander	HC (Ker)	1999	Weekly magazine
34	Krishnaswamy v. Kanaran	HC (Ker)	1970	Newspaper
35	CS Sathya v. State of Karnataka	HC (Kar)	1992	Weekly magazine
36	Bangarappa v. Ganesh Narayan Hegde	HC (Kar)	1992	Newspaper
37	Gangadhar Hiregutti v. Ishwar	HC (Kar)	2015	Newspaper
38	Vijay v. Gudusab	HC (Kar)	2014	Newspaper
39	M Somashekar v. SA Subbaraju	HC (Kar)	1988	Newspaper
40	Bangarappa v. Ganesh Narayan Hegde	HC (Kar)	1984	Newspaper
41	CM Ibrahim v. Tata Sons	HC (Kar)	2008	Newspaper
42	Ganesh Narayan Hegade v. Bangarappa	HC (Kar)	1999	Press Conference
43	CB Solanki v. Srikanta Parashar	HC (Kar)	1996	Weekly magazine
44	Parvathamma Hiremath v. State of Mysore	HC (Kar)	1965	Weekly newspaper
45	Shivage Gowda v. T Narayana	HC (Kar)	1967	Newspaper
46	Lankesh v. Shivappa	HC (Kar)	1994	Magazine
47	The Editor, Deccan Herald v. MS Ramaraju	HC (Kar)	2005	Newspaper
48	Madhu Sharma v. RL Vasudev Rao	HC (Kar)	2015	Monthly newspaper
49	Radhakrishna Bhat v. GM Mukri	HC (Kar)	2015	Newspaper
50	HN Dinesh v. Malendau Abhivruddhi Prathisthana	HC (Kar)	2013	Weekly magazine
51	E Prasanna v. HR Sanjeeva	HC (Kar)	2013	Weekly magazine
52	Satish Pai v. Narayan Nayak	HC (Kar)	2002	Newspaper
53	KV Ramaniah v. Special Public Prosecutor	HC (Hyd)	1960	Weekly magazine
54	Ravi Prakash v. JC Diwakar Reddy	HC (Hyd)	2010	TV
55	N Chandrababu Naidu v. G Janardhan Reddy	HC (Hyd)	2012	Newspaper
56	Pawan Kalyan v. Kiran Kumar	HC (Hyd)	2010	Newspaper
57	Tankasala Ashok v. State of AP	HC (Hyd)	2010	Newspaper
58	Papi Reddy v. Venkateshwarulu	HC (Hyd)	2006	Newspaper
59	MVR Sastry v. Mohd Zahed Ali	HC (Hyd)	2006	Newspaper
60	TR Devarajan v. Dal Credere Bank of India	HC (Hyd)	1987	Newspaper
61	Dasari Narayana Rao v. RD Bhagvandas	HC (Hyd)	1985	Newspaper
62	Burhanuddin Qadri v. Md. Shafi Quzzaman	HC (Hyd)	1999	Press note
63	P Kiran v. State of AP	HC (Hyd)	2010	TV
64	Suryanarayana Murthy v. Devendra Phanikar	HC (Hyd)	2014	Newspaper
65	BRK Murthy v. State of AP	HC (Hyd)	2012	Weekly magazine
66	Janab Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi v. Syed Viraquddin	HC (Hyd)	2004	Weekly magazine
67	Ranganayakamma v. Komari Venugopala Rao	HC (Hyd)	1986	Book, weekly magazine
68	K Ramachandra Murthy v. Bobbili Rama Rao	HC (Hyd)	1991	Newspaper
69	Kommareddy Suryanarayana v. Kanthamani Srinivasa Rao	HC (Hyd)	1991	Newspaper
70	Radhanath Rath v. Balakrishna Swain	HC (Ori)	1985	Newspaper
71	Gour Chandra Rout v. Public Prosecutor	HC (Ori)	1961	Newspaper
72	Masoodul Huq v. Umakanta Misra	HC (Ori)	1985	Weekly magazine
73	Radhanath Rath v. Biraja Prasad Ray	HC (Ori)	1991	Newspaper
74	Express Publications v. State of Orissa	HC (Ori)	2006	Newspaper
75	Swamy Aroopananda v. BN Bramha	HC (Ori)	2000	Newspaper
76	Nilamani Routray v. Bennett Coleman	HC (Ori)	1993	Weekly magazine
77	MJ Akbar v. Orissa Industries	HC (Ori)	1994	Newspaper
78	Madhav Chandra Ransingh v. Bijoy Kumar Tripathy	HC (Ori)	1994	Newspaper

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