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PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS ACT, 1867 . PDF
PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS ACT, 1867 Constitution of India — Article 226 & 227 — CrPC — S 482 — Quashing of order of issue of process —IPC — Ss 499, 500, 501 & 502—Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867— Section 7 — Complaint against Resident Editor of a news daily — No allegation against the applicant except describing him as the "Resident Editor" in the cause title of the complaint — much less his knowledge with regard to the alleged defamatory news item published news daily — Held, the complaint even if taken at its face value to be true does not constitute any offence qua the present applicant — proceedings against the owner, publisher and printer already quashed — Application allowed. (Para 11) PDF
PRESS AND REGISTRATION OF BOOKS ACT, 1867 Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867— Section 7 — Presumption under —Scope — Held, the presumption is a rebuttable presumption — & the same could be proved otherwise — That by itself indicates that somebody other than Editor can also be held responsible for selecting the matter for publication in a newspaper— K.M. Mathew versus K.A. Abraham — relied. (Para 10) PDF