Ambati Rambabu v. Vemuri Radhakrishna
Case brief
What is this about?
The court disposed of a contempt case alleging disobedience to an interim order restraining a news channel from broadcasting defamatory programs. The court held that since the petitioner's counsel withdrew the principal writ petition and the interim order was vacated due to a technical lapse in impleading the news channel as a respondent, the contempt case was dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Contempt case dismissed; no costs awarded.