All are culpable

 
The Supreme Court of India has held that the Resident Editor, the Managing Editor and the Chief Editor are equally responsible as the ``Editor" of a newspaper or magazine for publication of any libellous material and they could be prosecuted for defamation whether or not their name are printed on the newspaper. It gave this ruling rejecting the contention of the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama, K.M. Mathew, the Managing Editor of Indian Express, Vivek Goenka and the (former) Resident Editor of Hindustan, Hari Narain Nigam, challenging the criminal proceedings pending against them in various courts.