Civil Defamation Kerala, Karnataka, Hyderabad, Orissa

# No.	*Cause Title*	Court	Year	Media Involved
1	PH Daniel v. KN Krishna Iyer	HC (Ker)	1981	Trade Union Journal
2	SG Shanthaveri v. UR Anantha Murthy	HC (Kar)	1987	Book
3	Shamshuddin v. Rajashekhar	HC (Kar)	2014	Fortnightly magazine
4	High Court of Karnataka v. K Sankaran Nayar	HC (Kar)	1998	Newspaper
5	Andhra Printers v. Arjun Rao	HC (Hyd)	2007	Newspaper
6	Krishna Rao v. Ushodaya Publications	HC (Hyd)	2007	Newspaper
7	Janaki Ballav Patnaik v. Bennett Coleman and Co.	HC (Ori)	1988	Newspaper
8	Balakrishna Kar v. HK Mahatab	HC (Ori)	1954	Magazine

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