Journalists Protected from Coercive Steps in ‘Gerua Gundami’ FIR Over Anandabazar Patrika Article: Calcutta High Court
The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal filed by Sanu Varghese Shoukkathali, the complainant in a case under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881. The dispute arose after the High Court, in revision, had ordered a fresh trial from the stage of defence evidence. The High Court had relied on the Supreme Court's earlier ruling in M/s Mandvi Cooperative Bank Limited v. Nimesh B. Thakore (2010). The key…