Civil-Criminal Defamation High Court of Madras and High Court of Calcutta

Madras (Civil)

# No.	Cause Title	Court	Year	Media Involved
1.	T.V. Ramasubba Iyer and Anr. v. A.M. Ahamed Mohideen	HC(Madras)	1971	Newspaper
2.	O. Ramalingam and Ors. v. The Director, Daily Thanthi, Madras and Anr.	HC(Madras)	1974	Newspaper
2A.	M.G. Ramachandran v. Government of Tamil Nadu, represented by the Chief Secretary Madras and another	HC(Madras)	1975	Newspaper
3.	Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. v. A.S. Mani and Anr.	HC(Madras)	2000	Weekly Periodical
4.	Chemfab Alkhalis Limited v. S. Balasubramanian	HC(Madras)	2001	Newspaper
5.	Tamil Nadu Medical Council rep by its President, Dr. K.R. Balasubramaniam v. The Chairman, Central Board of Film Certification, The Central Board of Film Certification rep by its Regional Officer and The Gemini Film Circuit The Producer ''Vasool Raja, M.B.B.S."	HC(Madras)	2004	Film
6.	Selvi J. Jayalalithaa and Anr. v. R. Rajagopal @ R.R. Gopal @ Nakkheerangopal and Anr.	HC(Madras)	2006	Bi-weekly Periodical
7.	R. Rajagopal @ R.R. Gopal @ Nakkheeran Gopal and A. Kamaraj v. J. Jayalalitha and Mrs. N. Sassikala	HC(Madras)	2006	Bi-weekly Periodical
8.	Sun TV Ltd. rep. by its Managing Director, Mr. M. Kalanithi Maran and Mr. V. Raja v. Dinamalar (A Partnership Concern) rep. by its Partner, Sri. R. Sathiamurthi and Mr. R. Sathiamurthi	HC(Madras)	2008	Television
9.	Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited v. Anchor Health and Beauty Care Private Ltd.	HC(Madras)	2008	Television Advertisement
10.	J. Jayalalithaa v. Nakheerangopal	HC(Madras)	2008	Newspaper
11.	Dow Chemical International Pvt. Ltd. represented by Ms. Ramolla Karnani, Company Secretary, Legal Head and Constituted Attorney v. Nithyanandam S/o. Mr. R. Jayaraman representative of The International Campaign for Justice and/or Member of Third, Fourth and Fifth and Ors.	HC(Madras)	2009	Newspaper/ Magazine
12.	Nakkheeran Publications vs Dhyanapeeta Charitable Trust	HC(Madras)	2010	Newspaper/ Magazine
13.	Sri N.S. Veerabhadraiah v. Sri Aroon Purie Major Editor in Chief India Today Living Media India Limited and Ors.	HC(Madras)	2010	Magazine
14.	Sri N.S. Veerabhadraiah v. Sri Venkatanarayana, Editor, Kannada Prabha, Sri K.R. Yogesh, Reporter, Kannada Prabha, Sri Sankaran Nair, Printer and Publisher, Kannada Prabha and Express Publications (Madurai) Private Limited	HC(Madras)	2010	Newspaper
15.	Sri N.S. Veerabhadraiah v. Sri K.N. Shantha Kumar, Major Editor, Deccan Herald, Ms. Gayathri Niwas, Major Chief Reporter, Major Editor, Deccan Herald, Sri K.R. Ramchand, Printer and Publisher, Major Editor, Deccan Herald and The Printers (Mysore) Pvt. Ltd.	HC(Madras)	2010	Newspaper
16.	Sri N.S. Veerabhadraiah v. H.S. Balaram Major Editor, The Times of India and Ors.	HC(Madras)	2010	Newspaper
17.	Sri N.S. Veerabhadraiah v. Sri Vishweshwar Bhat, Major, Executive Managing Editor, Sri Aravinda Shetty, Major, Reporter and Sri Vijay Sankeshwar, Major, Printer, Publisher and Owner	HC(Madras)	2010	Newspaper
18.	Sri N.S. Veerabhadraiah v. N. Ravi Major Editor The Hindu and Ors.	HC(Madras)	2010	Newspaper
19.	Nakkheeran Publications rep. by its Editor, and Nakkheeran Copal, Editor v. Dhyanpeeta Charitable Trust rep. by its Trustee, Sri. Nithya Sadhananda @ T.T. Dhanasekar	HC(Madras)	2010	Magazine
20.	Fr. Jegath Gaspar Raj v. The Editor, Kumudham Reporter (Magazine), Kumudham Publications Pvt. Ltd. and Ors.	HC(Madras)	2012	Magazine
21.	Selvi. J. Jayalalithaa v. Penguin Books India	HC(Madras)	2012	Book
22.	M. Thilagavathi and M. Prathiba v. Government of Tamilnadu, Tamilnadu State Aids Control Society, Corporation of Chennai, Aids Prevention and Control Society and M/s. Shashi Advertising Agency	HC(Madras)	2013	Advertisement
23.	Kaleesuwari Refinery Pvt. Ltd. v. M.K. Agrotech Pvt. Ltd.	HC(Madras)	2016	Advertisement

Calcutta (Criminal)

# No.	Cause Title	Court	Year	Media Involved
1	Dr. Suresh Chandra Banerji and Ors. v. Punit Goala	HC(Calcutta)	1951	Newspaper
2	Annada Prosad and Ors. v. Manotosan Roy	HC(Calcutta)	1953	Newspaper
3	Debajyoti Barman v. The State	HC(Calcutta)	1955	Weekly Periodical
4	Dr. Jatish Chandra Ghose v. Harisadhan Mukherjee and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	1956	Fortnightly Periodical
5	Sanatan Daw v. Dasarathi Tah	HC(Calcutta)	1959	Weekly Periodical
6	Santosh Kumar Chatteejee v. Radhika Ranjan Ghosal	HC(Calcutta)	1960	Newspaper
7	Mrs. Pat Sharpe v. Dwijendra Nath Bose	HC(Calcutta)	1963	Weekly Periodical
8	Bibhuti Bhusan Das Gupta and Anr. v. Sudhir Kumar Mazumdar	HC(Calcutta)	1965	Weekly Periodical
9	Asoke Kumar Sarkar and Anr. v. Radha Kanto Pandey and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	1966	Newspaper
10	Sunilakhya Chowdhury v. H.M. Jadwet and Anr.	HC(Calcutta)	1967	Weekly Periodical
11	Sardar Bhagat Singh Akali vs . Lachman Singh Akali	HC(Calcutta)	1967	Journal
12	Li Yun Chen v. Chang Chi Hua and another	HC(Calcutta)	1969	Newspaper
13	Dhirendra Nath Sen v. Rajat Kanti Bhadra	HC(Calcutta)	1969	Newspaper
14	Sukamal Kanti Ghosh v. Shoulmari Ashram and Anr.	HC(Calcutta)	1969	Newspaper
15	Sarala Birla v. Durga Prosad Shastri	HC(Calcutta)	1972	Weekly Periodical
16	N.J. Nanporia v. Brajendra Bhowmick	HC(Calcutta)	1973	Newspaper
17	Dilip Chakraborty and Anr. v. Public Prosecutor and Anr.	HC(Calcutta)	1975	Weekly Periodical
18	Sankardas Banerjee v. Nanda Kishore Agarwal	HC(Calcutta)	1978	Monthly Periodical
19	Alok Nath Bhadra v. Alok Dutta Das and Anr.	HC(Calcutta)	1985	Weekly Periodical/ Printing Press
20	M.J. Akbar & Ors. v. Nurul Alam & State	HC(Calcutta)	1985	Newspaper
21	Barun Sengupta and Ors. v. Shiba Prasad Mukhopadhay and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	1993	Newspaper
22	Zee Telefilms Limited v. M/s. Sahara India Commercial Corporation Ltd. & Anr.	HC(Calcutta)	2000	Television
23	Ananda Bazar Patrika (P) Ltd. and Anr. v. State of West Bengal and Anr.	HC(Calcutta)	2004	Newspaper
24	Bijit Kumar Basu v. Dilip Kumar Sinha and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	2005	Newspaper
25	Sudeshna Chakravarty v. Promit Sen	HC(Calcutta)	2015	Magazine
26	Kalyan Bandyopadhyay v. Mridul De	HC(Calcutta)	2015	Television
	National Sugar Mills Ltd. v. Ashutosh Mukherjee	HC(Calcutta)	1962	Weekly Newspaper
2.	Tata Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. v. Observer (India) Limited	HC(Calcutta)	1998	Newspaper
3.	Rudra Jyoti Bhattacharjee and Anr. v. Union of India (UOI) and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	1998	Publishers/Media
4.	Reckitt and Colman of India Ltd. v. M. P. Ramchandran and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	1998	Advertisement
5.	Reckitt and Colman of India Ltd. v. Jyothi Laboratories Ltd.	HC(Calcutta)	1999	Advertisement
6.	Glaxo Smith Kline Consumer Health Care Limited v. Heinz India Private Limited and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	2006	Advertisement
7.	Three Cheers Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. C.E.S.C. Ltd.	HC(Calcutta)	2008	Television
8.	Hindustan Unilever Limited v. Procter and Gamble Home Products Limited	HC(Calcutta)	2010	Advertisement
9.	Subal Kumar Dey and Anr. v. Rose Valley Chain Marketing Systems and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	2011	Newspaper
10.	Sri Bijit Kumar Basu and Ors. v. Dr. Sukumar Ghosh	HC(Calcutta)	2011	Magazine
11.	Hindustan Unilever Ltd. v. Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. & Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. v. Hindustan Unilever Ltd.	HC(Calcutta)	2013	Advertisement
12.	Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare India Limited v. Emami Limited and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	2015	Advertisement
13.	Anirban Dutta v. State of West Bengal and Ors.	HC(Calcutta)	2015	Television

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