JUDGMENT :

RAJESH RAI K, J.

This Regular First Appeal is filed by the appellant-plaintiff challenging the order dated 19.04.2023 passed on I.A.No.I filed by the defendant i.e., the respondent herein under Order VII Rule 11 (d) read with Section 151 of CPC in O.S.No.6055/2021 before the IX Additional City Civil & Sessions Judge at Bangalore (hereinafter referred to as "the Trial Court", for short) whereby, the Trial Court allowed I.A.No.I and consequently, rejected the plaint for want of cause of action and as barred by limitation.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to by their ranks before the Trial Court.

3. The abridged facts of the case are as under:

The plaintiff filed a suit for an unconditional apology from the defendant through media and for damages of Rs.1 Crore for publishing defamatory imputation.

4. It is the case of the plaintiff that he is a Member of the Indian National Congress Party as also a Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Sarvagna Nagara, 160 Assembly Constituency. He was also a Minister for Large and Medium Scale Industry, IT and BT, Science and Technology and also Minister of Home Affairs, Government of Karnataka and