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2012 Supreme(Del) 2015

V.K.JAIN
OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LTD – Appellant
Versus
“MARYADA”, THE WEEKLY NEWS MAGAZINE – Respondent


Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
Mr Somiran Sharma, Adv.
None.

JUDGMENT

V.K.JAIN, J.

1. This is a suit for injunction and recovery of Rs 10 crores as damages. The plaintiff is a Government of India Undertaking and is stated to be a Fortune 500 Company, engaged in exploration and production of Natural gas and oil in the country. The plaintiff claims to be a well-known and respected major oil and gas producer, having financial arrangements with international bankers and financiers. Defendant No.2 publishes a magazine, namely, Maryada, from Uran in District Raigad of Maharashtra. Defendant No. 3 claims to be a social worker, whereas defendant No. 4 prints the magazine „Maryada’. Defendant No. 3 wrote certain articles in various issues of Maryada, alleging corruption in the project of ONGC at Uran. It was alleged that Hemant Chavan and Haridas Mhatre (defendants 2 and 3 respectively) had exposed corruption of crores of rupees in the aforesaid project, whereupon Mr P.K. Borthakur, working director of ONGC, contractors and other officers of ONGC got angry and threatened them, stating they would burn the office of Maryada by sending their Gundas. It was further alleged that they had made a plot against defendant No. 3, by filing fake false complaints



































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