Thread by @LawBeatInd

In a case pertaining to an article in Malayalam weekly 'Mathrubhoomi' that allegedly intended to defame RSS, #KeralaHighCourt clarified that 'any individual member of RSS can file a complaint in such cases.'

Article was about the impact of #RSS's terrorist
activities on Indians.

In this long-pending 2013 case, court held,

"Since Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (#RSS) is a definite and identifiable body......the contention of the petitioners that the 1st respondent has no locus standi to maintain a complaint under Section 500 of IPC is not tenable."
@RSSorg

Mathrubhoomi's printer, publisher, editor etc. had filed a petition before the high court to quash entire proceedings u/s 120B, 153A, 500 of IPC before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (Economic Offences) based on a private complaint filed by the #RSS State Secretary.

Petitioners had contended that RSS's State Secretary had no 'locus standi' to represent the organization.

They had argued that only if there is a definite, capable of being identified association, the defamatory matter applies to all of its members.
@mathrubhumi @RSSorg

An article was published in Mathrubhoomi Illustrated Weekly (@mathrubhumi) on February 27, 2011, about the impact of terrorist activities of RSS (@RSSorg) on Indian population.
@ISalilTiwari reports
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