STATE OF KERALA vs M.S. MANI — CONMT.PET.(C) No. 280/1999

Case under Section Z_NOT KNOWN. Status: Disposed.

Disposed

CNR: SCIN010084381999

Filing Date

17-May-1999

Registration No

CONMT.PET.(C) No. 280/1999

Diary Number

8438/1999

Order Date

06-Sep-2001

Document Type

Judgment - of Main Case

Disposal Type

Dismissed

Last updated 03-Jun-2026

Acts & Sections

Section Z_NOT KNOWN

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF KERALA

    Adv. G. PRAKASH

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.M.S. MANI

    Adv. E. M. S. ANAM

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 06-Sep-2001

    Judgment - of Main CaseView PDF

  3. 06-Sep-2001

    ROP - of Main CaseView PDF

  4. 17-May-1999

    Case filed

    Registration No. CONMT.PET.(C) No. 280/1999

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casestatus.in Summary

The Supreme Court dismissed the State of Kerala's contempt petition against M.S. Mani for publishing allegedly defamatory newspaper articles about senior court officials, holding that the petition was not maintainable because it lacked the prior written consent of the Attorney General as mandatorily required under Section 15(1)(b) of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971. The court ruled that subsequent obtaining of consent after filing the petition could not cure this jurisdictional defect. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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