Criminal Defamation UP, Punjab Haryana, Gauhati, Gujarat

 

# No.

Cause Title

Court

Year

Media Involved

1

Narottamdas Shah v. Patel Maganbhai Revabhai

Gujarat HC

1984

Newspaper

2

Raj Kapoor v. Narendra

Gujarat HC

1973

Film

3

Visamanbhai Dhola v. State of Gujarat

Gujarat HC

2013

Newspaper

4

RL Kalathia v. State of Gujarat

Gujarat HC

1985

Newspaper

5

Mahipatray Mehta v. Haji Juna Valimamad

Gujarat HC

1983

Newspaper

6

Sunil Gadhvi v. State of Gujarat

Gujarat HC

2013

Newspaper

7

Munnalal Thakore v. State of Gujarat

Gujarat HC

1995

Newspaper

8

Shanta Kumar v. Virbhadra Singh

Himachal Pradesh HC

1998

Newspaper

9

SM Katwal v. Virbhadra Singh

Himachal Pradesh HC

2014

Newspaper

10

Vijay Khariwal v. State of Punjab

Punjab & Haryana HC

2013

Newspaper

11

Harbhajan Singh v. State of Punjab

Punjab & Haryana HC

1960

Newspaper, magazine

12

Ramesh Chander v. State

Punjab & Haryana HC

1965

Newspaper

13

Aroon Purie v. State of Haryana

Punjab & Haryana HC

2007

Magazine

14

Pathfinder Publishing v. IIPM

Punjab & Haryana HC

2015

Magazine

15

Jaspal Singh v. Kailash Chand Jain

Punjab & Haryana HC

2015

Weekly newspaper

16

Vir Sanghvi v. State of Haryana

Punjab & Haryana HC

2005

Newspaper

17

Sarvjit Singh v. Surinder Bhardwaj

Punjab & Haryana HC

2010

Newspaper

18

Naya Bharat v. State

Punjab & Haryana HC

1968

Magazine

19

HK Dua v. Bharti Arora

Punjab & Haryana HC

2008

Newspaper

20

Narain Dixit v. Balwant Singh

Punjab & Haryana HC

2015

Newspaper

21

Sanjay v. Abhijit Misra

Punjab & Haryana HC

2015

Newspaper

22

RC Aggarwal v. State of Haryana

Punjab & Haryana HC

2011

Newspaper

23

Ramesh Gour v. Chiranjit Lal Sharma

Punjab & Haryana HC

1990

Newspaper

24

TG Goswami v. State

Punjab & Haryana HC

1952

Weekly paper

25

In re: Lalit Kalita

Gauhati HC

2008

Newspaper

26

Jayanta Baruah v. SN Singh

Gauhati HC

2012

Newspaper

27

Jayanta Baruah v. Anjita Saikia

Gauhati HC

2013

Newspaper

28

Gopal Sharma v. Public Prosecutor

Gauhati HC

1999

Newspaper

29

Pradyut Bhuyan v. State of Assam

Gauhati HC

2015

Newspaper

30

Homein Borgohain v. The Brahmaputra Valley Regional Handloom Weavers’ Co-operative Society Ltd.

Gauhati HC

1994

Newspaper

31

Jayanta Baruah v. Dilip Baruah

Gauhati HC

2014

Newspaper

32

Mustafa Islam v. State of Assam

Gauhati HC

2013

Newspaper

33

Subal Kumar Dey v. Public Prosecutor

Gauhati HC

2009

Newspaper

34

HRA Choudhury v. Rockybul Hussain

Gauhati HC

2007

Newspaper

35

Ram Kumar Shukla v. State

Allahabad HC

1955

Newspaper

36

Santosh Tewari v. State of UP

Allahabad HC

1996

Newspaper

37

Mahendra Singh v. State of UP

Allahabad HC

1982

Weekly

38

Vishan Sarup v. Nardeo Shastri

Allahabad HC

1964

Newspaper

39

Sohan Lal v. State

Allahabad HC

1960

Newspaper

40

Tek Chand Gupta v. RK Karanjia

Allahabad HC

1967

Weekly

41

Rajdeep Sardesai v. State of UP

Allahabad HC

2014

TV

42

Ganga Ram Sharma v. State of UP

Allahabad HC

2010

Newspaper

43

Muneshwaranand Tyagi v. State of UP

Allahabad HC

1958

Weekly

44

Chandan Mitra v. State of UP

Allahabad HC

2003

Newspaper

45

Ram Krishna Avasthi v. Bhawani Dutt Upreti

Allahabad HC

1981

Newspaper

46

Empress v. McLeod

Allahabad HC

1880

Medical Journal

 

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