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| 2025 SLG 5202 2025 SLD 5202 = 2025 SHC 2386 |
Misc. Appeal No.01 of 2023
ARSHAD HUSSAIN KHAN, J.
Date of Hearing: 18.08.2025. Date of Order 17.09.2025. Mr. Mehmood Ali, advocate for the appellants. M/s. Hamza Hussain Hidayatullah and Ravi R. Pinjani, advocates for respondent No.2.
Independent Newspapers Corporation (Pvt) Limited & others
VS
. Learned Additional District Judge-VI, Karachi [South]
Law: Defamation Ordinance, 2002
Section: 15,8,12
Law: Code Of Civil Procedure, 1908.
Section: ORDER VII RULE 11(D),151
Summary
The appellants filed a Miscellaneous Appeal under Section 15 of the Defamation Ordinance, 2002 challenging the dismissal of their defamation suit (No. 64/2021) by the VIth Additional District & Sessions Judge, Karachi [South]. The trial court had rejected the plaint under Order VII, Rule 11 CPC on the ground of limitation.
Key points:
The appellants argued that limitation should be counted from the date they acquired knowledge of the defamatory broadcast (13.11.2020) rather than the broadcast dates (16–23.09.2020), and that the defamatory material continues to be available online, constituting a continuing cause of action.