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The top court noted that the editor-in-chief of a publication can be prosecuted for defamation only if "sufficient and specific" allegations are made out against them.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Lalit, however, refused to allow the plea of the journalist who had authored the alleged defamatory article in the magazine
The defamation complaint was filed over a news article 'Mission Misconduct" published in the magazine and it has reported allegations against an Indian Mission official then posted in Edinburgh.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeal of India Today Chairperson Aroon Purie against a criminal defamation complaint filed against him for an alleged defamatory article published in the magazine in 2007. India News | SC Allows Plea of India Today Chairperson in Criminal Defamation Case.
The criminal case was filed against Purie in relation to a news item titled 'Mission Misconduct' which was published by India Today magazine in its edition dated April 30, 2007.