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Naresh Shridhar Mirajkar and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.

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Bench P.B. Gajendragadkar CJI, A.K. Sarkar, K.N. Wanchoo, M. Hidayatullah, J.C. Shah, J. R. Mudholkar, S.M. Sikri, R. S. Bachawat and V. Ramaswami JJ.
Decided 3 March 1966

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What the Court ordered

In accordance with the opinion of the majority these Writ Petitions are dismissed. No order as to costs.

Judgment, ORDER, p. 810

From the headnote

Practice and Procedure—Inherent jurisdiction of High Court—Power to stop publication of proceedings of a trial—Order if violates fundamental right under Art. 19(1)(a)—If amenable to proceedings under Art. 32 of the Constitution. In a suit for defamation against the editor of a weekly newspaper, filed on the original side of the High Court, one of the witnesses prayed that the Court may order that publicity should not be given to his evidence in the press as his business would be affected.…

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Where later benches applied it

Of those, 4 relied on · 4 followed · 5 referred to · 26 mentioned

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