Bengaluru Court Empowered to Hear Manna Dey's Daughter's Defamation Suit Over Bengali Content Published in West Bengal: Karnataka High Court

In a significant ruling, the Karnataka High Court has held that the Bengaluru Court will have the jurisdiction to hear the defamation suit filed by the late legendary singer Manna Dey's family. The suit seeks to restrain certain entities from circulating a Bengali-language book that allegedly defames the late singer. The High Court set aside the trial court's earlier dismissal of the suit, affirming that the cause of action arose…