This may be the first time in many years that we’ve seen a partner at a law firm try to gag a legal media outlet.
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The Legally India website reports
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Full report at? http://www.legallyindia.com/201106212173/Law-firms/how-a-lawyer-used-the-it-act-to-gag-legally-india-from-publishing-online
How a lawyer used the IT Act to gag Legally India from publishing online
IT Act: Wide reach?Kochhar & Co managing partner Rohit Kochhar has withdrawn a case against Legally India in the Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal on Friday, which had passed a stay order five weeks ago prohibiting Legally India from publishing any material relating to any of Kochhar?s disputes.
Background and timelines
On 18 April 2011 the Times of India first reported a Delhi Bar Council complaint by Delhi builder Puneet Beriwala against Kochhar. This was re-reported on the same day by legal website Bar & Bench, in which Kochhar denied the builder?s charges and claimed that he would sue Beriwala in a Rs 500 crore ($111m) defamation suit.
Legally India spoke to Kochhar at the time while Beriwala was unavailable for comment. Legally India had therefore not published any articles relating to Kochhar and Beriwala?s dispute.
