The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant any aid to a journalist convicted of publishing defamatory materials in opposition to a lawyer, saying it was a case of “typical yellow journalism”.
“It (order) may be very liberal. It’s solely a month…he deserves extra,” said Chief Justice NV Ramana, leading the three-judge bench, adding, “This form of journalism, we do not agree… we’d like legal professionals too. must be protected.”
Justice Surya Kant stated, “You use such language and claim to be a journalist… this is typical yellow journalism.”
A bench of Justice Hima Kohli was listening to an enchantment difficult the Karnataka High Court upholding the conviction of the appellant, editor, printer and writer of Kannada weekly newspaper ‘Tunga Varthe’. The HC, nonetheless, diminished his sentence to at least one month’s easy imprisonment and a high-quality of Rs 50,000.
The bench rejected the rivalry of the counsel for the appellant that his motion would fall below the exception of part 501 because the publication was made in good religion.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
