{"id":44686,"date":"2016-09-02T04:59:48","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T23:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44686"},"modified":"2016-09-02T04:59:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T23:29:48","slug":"madras-hc-stays-18-defamation-cases-tamil-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/madras-hc-stays-18-defamation-cases-tamil-magazine","title":{"rendered":"Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44276\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44276\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44276\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-disposes-plea-classical-status-non-tamil-languages\/madras-hc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?fit=274%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"274,184\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"madras hc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?fit=274%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?fit=274%2C184&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44276 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?resize=274%2C184&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?w=274&amp;ssl=1 274w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/08\/madras-hc.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44276\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madras HC stays 18 defamation cases against Tamil magazine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings in 18 defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Tamil bi-weekly &#8216;Nakkheeran&#8217; Editor R R Gopal.<\/p>\n<p>Justice P N Prakash ordered the stay while admitting petitions filed by Gopal seeking quashing of the criminal defamation cases filed against him since 2006 and pending in the trial court.<\/p>\n<p>The cases were filed over certain &#8220;defamatory&#8221; articles published in his magazine.<\/p>\n<p>Gopal moved the high court in line with the Supreme Court&#8217;s direction while dismissing a batch of petitions, including one by him, challenging the validity of IPC Section 499 under which defamation cases are filed.<\/p>\n<p>Upholding the legality of defamation provision, the apex court in its May 13 judgement has alsoo given liberty to the petitioners before it to approach high courts concerned for relief.<\/p>\n<p>The high court had recently stayed the defamation proceedings against BJP leader Subramanian Swamy and DMDK chief Vijayakanth pending in the trial courts.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madras High Court today stayed further proceedings in 18 defamation cases filed by the Tamil Nadu government against Tamil bi-weekly &#8216;Nakkheeran&#8217; Editor R R Gopal. 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