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

  1.  

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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