{"id":327687,"date":"2024-07-31T14:00:20","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T08:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=327687"},"modified":"2024-08-02T15:56:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T10:26:15","slug":"whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court:<\/span> While deliberating over the instant petition the Court had to consider whether any defamatory allegations made, either in the pleadings or during the course of arguments, before a Court of law can form a basis for prosecution for offence of defamation; the Bench of Sanjay Dhar, J.*<\/span>, opined that the arguments made by a counsel upon instructions from his client, which are per se defamatory in nature, can form basis for prosecution of such client for offence of defamation.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/span> As per the impugned complaint, the respondent alleged that during the course of arguments of bail application of the respondent before the Courts in Rajasthan, the counsel for the petitioner argued that the respondent was associated with banned terrorist organization “Hizbul Mujahideen”. The impugned complaint alleged that the allegation resulted in dismissal of his bail application by the Sessions Court, Jaipur, and injury to his reputation and business. Furthermore, the respondent alleged that several national newspapers also published articles regarding the respondent’s alleged association with Hizbul, thereby bringing him under investigation by the NIA and further damaging his reputation.<\/p>\n

Based on the aforesaid allegations, the respondent sought prosecution of the petitioner for offences under Section 4991<\/sup><\/a> of RPC read with Section 5002<\/sup><\/a> and 5013<\/sup><\/a> of Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar (Trial Magistrate). The Trial Magistrate, after recording preliminary statements of the respondent and his witness, passed the impugned order dated 23-06-2016, whereby satisfaction was recorded that, prima facie, the petitioner had committed offences under Section 499 RPC read with Section 500 and 501 of RPC. Consequently, process was issued against the petitioner.<\/p>\n

The instant petition challenged the complaint filed by the respondent before the Trial Magistrate and the impugned order dated 23-06-2016.<\/p>\n

The petitioner contended that the allegation regarding respondent’s association with Hizbul Mujahideen, was made by his counsel without his advice and consent. It was further contended that the alleged act has been committed at Jaipur, as such, the Trial Magistrate at Srinagar did not have jurisdiction to entertain the impugned complaint.<\/p>\n

Court’s Assessment:<\/span> Perusing the issue, the Court stated that the law is well settled that when pleadings containing defamatory material are relied before a Court of law, the same amounts to publication within the meaning of Section 499 of RPC.<\/p>\n

The Court further referred to case laws decided by Madras and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, wherein they dealt with similar question. Therefore, the Court was of the view that arguments made by a counsel upon instructions from his client, which are per se defamatory in nature, can form a basis for prosecution of such client for offence under Section 499 of RPC.<\/p>\n

Vis-a-vis the territorial jurisdiction of the Trial Magistrate, the Court said that alleged defamatory submissions were made by counsel for the petitioner before the Sessions Court and the High Court at Jaipur, Rajasthan. So, the publication of alleged defamatory statements has taken place within the territorial jurisdiction of the Courts at Jaipur.<\/p>\n

The Court took note of the news reports which reported the defamatory allegations levied on the respondent and pointed out that that none of them were defamatory in nature. It was pointed out that the news reports publicized that the respondent was given a clean chit by NIA and that he has no terror links and because of this reason he was granted bail by the Rajasthan High Court. Furthermore, none of these news reports seemed to have been published at the instance of the petitioner.<\/p>\n

The Court pointed out that the only act which has resulted in defamation of the respondent has taken place within the local limits of the Courts at Jaipur. None of these acts took place within the local limits of the Courts at Srinagar. The Court stated that the instant matter is a case where the alleged act of defamation took place only in Jaipur where during arguments certain allegations were levelled against the respondent by the counsel for the petitioner. The alleged defamatory arguments were not publicized at any place in Srinagar. Therefore, the observation of the Trial Magistrate that it has jurisdiction to try the case is not sustainable in law.<\/p>\n

The Court concluded that the petitioner is a resident of Rajasthan, and he is alleged to have committed the offence of criminal defamation beyond the limits of erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir. Therefore, the petitioner cannot be prosecuted at Srinagar in the instant case. The trial Magistrate has, therefore, erred in entertaining the impugned complaint.<\/p>\n

The Court thus quashed the impugned order dated 23-06-2016 and directed the Trial Magistrate to return the complaint to the respondent for its presentation before the Court having jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

[Satya Prakash Arya v. Syed Abid Jalali, 2024 SCC OnLine J&K 556<\/a>, decided on 20-07-2024<\/span>]<\/p>\n

*Judgment by Justice Sanjay Dhar<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Advocates who appeared in this case:<\/p>\n

For petitioner-<\/span> Z. A. Qureshi, Sr. Advocate, with Agha Faisal Ali, Advocate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

1.<\/a> Corresponding Sections- S. 499<\/a>, IPC<\/a> and now Section 356(1)<\/a> of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita<\/a> (BNS)<\/p>\n

2.<\/a> Corresponding S. 500<\/a> of IPC<\/a> and now Section 356(2)<\/a> of BNS<\/doclink><\/p>\n

3.<\/a> Corresponding Section 501<\/a> of IPC<\/a> and now Section 356(3)<\/a> of BNS<\/a><\/p>\n

Buy Penal Code, 1860   HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"penal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was a case where the act of defamation took place in Jaipur, where certain allegations regarding the respondent’s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":318485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[71555,71554,13961,55664,21324,30433,40460],"class_list":["post-327687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-bhartiya-nyaya-sanhita","tag-hizbul-mujahideen","tag-ipc","tag-jammu-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court","tag-nia","tag-ranbir-penal-code","tag-sanjay-dhar"],"yoast_head":"\nDefamation | Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before Court, can form basis for prosecution? J&K and Ladakh HC answers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This was a case where certain allegations regarding the respondent\u2019s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This was a case where certain allegations regarding the respondent\u2019s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-31T08:30:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-02T10:26:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"590\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sucheta\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/\",\"name\":\"Defamation | Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before Court, can form basis for prosecution? J&K and Ladakh HC answers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-31T08:30:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-02T10:26:15+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\"},\"description\":\"This was a case where certain allegations regarding the respondent\u2019s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp\",\"width\":886,\"height\":590,\"caption\":\"Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa\",\"name\":\"Sucheta\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sucheta\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/legal_editor\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Defamation | Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before Court, can form basis for prosecution? J&K and Ladakh HC answers","description":"This was a case where certain allegations regarding the respondent\u2019s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers","og_description":"This was a case where certain allegations regarding the respondent\u2019s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2024-07-31T08:30:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-02T10:26:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":886,"height":590,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sucheta","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sucheta","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/","name":"Defamation | Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before Court, can form basis for prosecution? J&K and Ladakh HC answers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp","datePublished":"2024-07-31T08:30:20+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-02T10:26:15+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa"},"description":"This was a case where certain allegations regarding the respondent\u2019s association with Hizbul Mujahiddin were levelled by the counsel for the petitioner.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp","width":886,"height":590,"caption":"Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/07\/31\/whether-defamatory-allegations-made-in-arguments-before-a-court-can-form-a-basis-for-prosecution-for-defamation-jk-and-ladakh-hc-answers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Whether defamatory allegations made in arguments before a Court, can form a basis for prosecution for defamation? J&K and Ladakh HC answers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/7416b8c43cd3a0a3412cf97fc17b54fa","name":"Sucheta","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/530d4c250404c869212316d6351878b83f86bf27648031b1e6d4857a4bae4b88?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sucheta"},"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/legal_editor\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":321125,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/05\/01\/greater-kashmir-defamation-resumption-trial-order-dav-school-jk-ladakh-hc-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":327687,"position":0},"title":"J&K and Ladakh HC directs resumption of defamation trial against Greater Kashmir vis-à-vis their articles alleging Rs 13 crore land sale by DAV School Management","author":"Sucheta","date":"May 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"It was further pointed out that Greater Kashmir is a popular newspaper and the impugned news articles condemning the DAV School management will obviously leave the public with a prima-facie impression that the DAV Management has acted as if \u201cfence eating the crop\u201d.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":300849,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/09\/06\/person-fighting-militancy-eligible-freedom-fighter-pension-scheme-jammu-and-kashmir-ladakh-hc-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":327687,"position":1},"title":"Whether a person fighting against militancy can be considered a \u2018freedom fighter\u2019 under Swantantrata Sainik Samman Yojna? J&K and Ladakh HC answers","author":"Sucheta","date":"September 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Court answering the question in negative stated that eligibility under the scheme requires for the person to have participated in the National Freedom Struggle.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"jammu and kashmir and ladakh high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":311397,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/01\/13\/press-news-article-defamation-refrain-private-citizen-jk-ladakh-hc-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":327687,"position":2},"title":"\u201cPress must refrain from publishing contents that are manifestly defamatory in nature, Must duly verify such content\u201d; J&K and Ladakh HC observes","author":"Editor","date":"January 13, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The High Court further stated that, truth is no defence for publishing defamatory material against a private citizen where no public interest is involved.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"jammu and kashmir and ladakh high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jammu-and-kashmir-and-ladakh-high-court-1.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":255698,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2021\/10\/16\/anyone-possessing-knowledge-of-who-is-who-can-name-the-minister-holding-portfolio-of-works\/","url_meta":{"origin":327687,"position":3},"title":"J&K and Ladakh HC | \u201cAnyone possessing knowledge of who is who can name the Minister holding portfolio of works\u201d; HC quashes defamation complaint against Arnab Goswami and Aditya Raj Kaul","author":"Editor","date":"October 16, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court: Sanjay Dhar, J., quashed a defamation complaint filed against the Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, Arnab Goswami, and journalist Aditya Raj Kaul. The Bench observed, \u201cThe accused\/anchors have only stated the obvious. Anyone who possesses even elementary knowledge of who is who of Jammu\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":318735,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/03\/29\/counsel-claim-share-fruit-of-litigation-client-lawyer-fee-jk-ladakh-hc-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":327687,"position":4},"title":"Counsel cannot claim any share out of the fruits of litigation from their client as fee; Such an action amounts to professional misconduct: J&K and Ladakh HC","author":"Sucheta","date":"March 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The High Court strictly noted that such a conduct is unbecoming for a person belonging to legal profession and also reprimanded the Tribunal for withholding the compensation from the petitioner due to a fee dispute between a layer and their client.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":338265,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2025\/01\/02\/jk-and-ladakh-high-court-urges-criminal-courts-to-remain-sensitive-and-avoid-copy-paste-syndrome-in-bail-matters-scc-times\/","url_meta":{"origin":327687,"position":5},"title":"J&K and Ladakh High Court urges Criminal Courts to \u201cremain sensitive\u201d and avoid \u201cCopy-Paste Syndrome\u201d while deciding Bail matters","author":"Ritu","date":"January 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cEven a single day\u2019s delay in grant of bail to a person who is otherwise entitled to it amounts to violation of his fundamental right to life and liberty.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Jammu-and-Kashmir-and-Ladakh-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}