R.Rajagopal @ R.R.Gopal @ Nakkheeran ... vs J.Jayalalitha on 6 April, 2006
In R.Rajagopal @ R.R.Goal @ Nakkheeran Gopal and another vs. J.Jayalilitha and another reported in (2006) 2 L.W. 377, the Division Bench of this Court had referred to the plaint and to the fact that none of the articles are reproduced in the plaint and it is also not stated how the articles are defamatory and the Division Bench held that if the necessary averments are not there, the plaint may be rejected on the ground that it does not disclose any cause of action. We are informed that application for rejection of plaint is still pending. But in that case, while vacating the injunction, the First Bench had circumscribed the extent to which the publisher was at liberty to make publication. It gave directions that the publisher should verify from the person and only thereafter publish etc based on the main prayers sought for.