Magistrate Acted Without Jurisdiction in a 'Glaring Case', Summons Issued to Lokmat Media's Director Devendra Darda Quashed: Bombay High Court

In a significant legal development, the High Court of Bombay at Goa has quashed the summons issued against the Managing Director of M/s Lokmat Media Pvt. Ltd. in relation to a complaint under Section 17(a) of the Working Journalist and Other Newspaper Employee (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1955, also known as the Journalist Act. The writ petitions were filed challenging the orders passed by the Judicial Magistrate…