Mother Dairy Foods And Processing Ltd. vs Zee Telefilms Ltd. on 24 January, 2005
In a similar fact situation, in Mother Dairy Foods and Processing
Ltd. v. Zee Telefilms Ltd. [AIR 2005 Delhi 195], the Court was concerned
with an application seeking interim injunction restraining the Defendant
from telecasting, publishing and showing on its website, its programme
titled "Inside Story- Safed Doodh Ka Kala Karobar". The Plaintiff, which is
a public sector enterprise engaged in the supply of milk and milk products,
also aggrieved by virtue of the said telecast investigating into how synthetic
milk is being manufactured and sought damages for defamation. The Court,
while rejecting the application seeking interim injunction, made the
following observations which are relevant to the present case: