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.