New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked Madras high court to decide within four weeks a matter relating to a case against Tamil magazine Nakkheeran editor R. Gopal for publishing articles allegedly denigrating governor Banwarilal Purohit.
Asking the high court to decide the matter pending before it within four weeks given its urgency, a bench of Justice S. Abdul Nazeer and Justice Sanjeev Khanna declined to stay the ongoing proceedings before the trial court against the editor R. Gopal.
The top court had on July 12, 2019, had stayed further proceedings before Madras HC in the Tamil magazine Nakkh-eeran case for publishing articles allegedly denigrating the governor Banwarilal Purohit.
The high court had put on hold the trial court proceedings against the magazine’s editor.
Attorney general K.K. Venugopal appearing for TN told the court that Mr Gopal was facing 211 defamation cases.
