02-03-2006, 10:49 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>SC stays case against Pioneer </b>
New Delhi
The Supreme Court has stayed criminal proceedings against the Editor of The Pioneer in a defamation case filed by the Tamil Nadu Government related to an editorial published in the paper on 25 November, 2004, on the arrest and trial of Kanchi Shankaracharya.
Senior counsel Arun Jaitley supported by Mr Ankur Chawla and Mr Gaurav Vats argued the case on behalf of The Pioneer seeking a stay on the proceedings and a plea for instant transfer of the case out of Tamil Nadu. The matter came up for hearing on Friday before the apex court bench of Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Tarun Chatterjee.
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New Delhi
The Supreme Court has stayed criminal proceedings against the Editor of The Pioneer in a defamation case filed by the Tamil Nadu Government related to an editorial published in the paper on 25 November, 2004, on the arrest and trial of Kanchi Shankaracharya.
Senior counsel Arun Jaitley supported by Mr Ankur Chawla and Mr Gaurav Vats argued the case on behalf of The Pioneer seeking a stay on the proceedings and a plea for instant transfer of the case out of Tamil Nadu. The matter came up for hearing on Friday before the apex court bench of Justice Ashok Bhan and Justice Tarun Chatterjee.
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