In a landmark ruling, the Madras High Court on Thursday held that public servants and constitutional functionaries can not be permitted to misuse the law of criminal defamation by using the State as a tool to initiate disparagement procedures against enemies.
The court quashed criminal libel procedures released by the State federal government against a host of media homes and journalists, consisting of N. Ram of The Hindu, throughout Jayalalithaa’s period as Chief Minister in 2012 and 2013.
Offering a piece of suggestions to public prosecutors, the judge stated, they must desist from acting like a post office while filing criminal character assassination cases on behalf of the State.
