Supreme Court of India

K.M. Mathew Etc. v. K.A. Abraham and Ors. Etc.

Neutral citation

Bench U.C. Banerjee and K.G. Balakrishnan JJ.

Decided 23 August 2002

INSC stands for INDIAN SUPREME COURT. A neutral citation scheme assigned by the Court itself, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter. INSC is the neutral citation scheme assigned by the Supreme Court, so a judgment can be cited without depending on a commercial law reporter.

5 Supreme Court benches have cited this judgment.

From the headnote

Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867-Section 7-Complaint against Managing Editor, Chief Editor and Resident Editor of newspaper publications- Publication of defamatory matter within their knowledge alleged-Magistrate taking cognizance and issuing summons-Appellants filing petitions for quashing proceedings on the ground that Editor whose name printed in such publication alone can be prosecuted-High Court dismissing the petition-On appeal held, there is no statutory immunity against the appellants who had control over such publication-Thus there is no convincing reason to quash criminal…

Authorities it was built on

1994 Santosh De and Another v. Archna Guha and Ors. cited by 4
2001 Sriniwas Ramnath Khatod v. State of Maharshtra and Ors. cited by 3

Where later benches applied it

2022 Aroon Purie v. State of Nct of Delhi & Ors. relied on
2013 Gambhirsinh R. Dekare v. Falgunbhai Chimanbhai Patel and Anr. relied on
2025 Jaideep Bose v. M/s Bid and Hammer Auctioneers Private Limited referred to
2017 Mohammed Abdulla Khan v. Prakash K. referred to
2016 Abhijit Pawar v. Hemant Madhukar Nimbalkar & Anr. referred to

Of those, 2 relied on · 3 referred to

Sign in free to read it

The full judgment, page by page, as published in the Supreme Court Reports
Every bench that relied on it, and every bench that argued against it
Search every reported judgment, by party, citation or question
Download the PDF, copy pinpoint citations ready for a filing

An email address, no password.