respect of acts/conduct in the discharge of
public functions of the functionary or public servant
concerned, as may be. The prosecution under Section ... State as the same relate to the discharge of public
functions by such functionaries. The State, therefore,
would be rightly interested in pursuing the prosecution
defaming a public servant/constitutional functionary in
respect of his conduct in the discharge of his/her public functions under
Section ... conduct of the public servant/constitutional functionary in the
discharge of his/her public functions ?
i) What is the extent of freedom of press
defaming a public servant/constitutional functionary in
respect of his conduct in the discharge of his/her public functions under
Section ... conduct of the public servant/constitutional functionary in the
discharge of his/her public functions ?
i) What is the extent of freedom of press
conduct of the public
servant/ public functionary in discharge of his/her public functions and the
public functions stand on a different footing than ... such
defamation have no nexus with the discharge of official function of public
functionaries of the state, complaint cannot be made by the Public Prosecutor
Manoj Kumar Tiwari vs Manish Sisodia & Ors. on 17 December, 2020
Author: Anu Malhotra
conduct of a public servant/public functionary
in discharge of his/her public functions and the public function stands on a
different footing than ... said imputation apparently made against the pubic functionaries, in
discharge of his/her public function, have no reasonable nexus with the
discharge of public duties
conduct of a public servant/public functionary
in discharge of his/her public functions and the public function stands on a
different footing than ... said imputation apparently made against the pubic functionaries, in
discharge of his/her public function, have no reasonable nexus with the
discharge of public duties
V.S. Achuthanandan vs G. Kamalamma on 22 April, 2008
Author: V.K.Mohanan
Bench
Pachhalloor Noohu vs Public Prosecutor on 12 August, 1974
Equivalent citations: 1975CRILJ1304
JUDGMENT
G. Balagangadharan
Surender Kumar Sharma vs . Arvind Kejriwal & Ors. on 20 August, 2022
IN THE COURT