Office Of Public Prosecutor Can’t File Private ‘Defamation’ Complaints When Alleged Statements Don’t Have Direct Bearing On Public Functions: Madras HC [Read Order]
Ashok Kini
28 Jun 2018 2:01 PM IST
![Office Of Public Prosecutor Can’t File Private ‘Defamation’ Complaints When Alleged Statements Don’t Have Direct Bearing On Public Functions: Madras HC [Read Order]](https://www.livelaw.in/cms/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Madurai-Bench-of-Madras-HC.jpg "Office Of Public Prosecutor Can’t File Private ‘Defamation’ Complaints When Alleged Statements Don’t Have Direct Bearing On Public Functions: Madras HC [Read Order]")
‘The Public Prosecutor cannot institute a private complaint taking cudgels on behalf of the person defamed.’Quashing criminal proceedings against a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) member who allegedly made defamatory statements against former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, the late J Jayalalithaa, the Madras High Court observed that for the statements which do not in any way pertain to...
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