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CALCUTTA HIGH COURT
Judge, J
Anirban Chattopadhyay – Appellant
Versus
Krishnendu Narayan – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. initiation of complaint and jurisdictional issues. (Para 2 , 3) |
| 2. arguments for quashing based on defamation criteria. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. counterarguments regarding evidentiary standards. (Para 9 , 10 , 11 , 12) |
| 4. statutory interpretation of defamation and good faith. (Para 13 , 15) |
| 5. court observations on the nature of the news report. (Para 14 , 19 , 20 , 22) |
| 6. examination of the impact on reputation and evidence. (Para 24 , 25 , 26) |
| 7. constitutional rights to freedom of speech. (Para 27 , 28) |
| 8. conclusion on quashing proceedings under ipc. (Para 29 , 30) |
| 9. final order quashing the complaint. (Para 31) |
1. The petitioners herein have sought for quashing of a complaint case being case no. 382C/2017 initiated by opposite party herein under section 500/501/34 of the Indian Penal Code (in short IPC ) which relates to a publication carried in a widely circulated Bengali daily on 19th December, 2016, covering a news article relating to complainant/opposite party herein.
2. The allegations levelled by the opposite party/complainant is to the effect that vide aforesaid publication under the headline ‘Abhijukto Krishnendu Nararyan’ ( Krishnendu Narayan has been mad
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