The Hindu Editorial (Timely restatement) – Mar 28, 2024

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The Hindu Editorial (Timely restatement) – Mar 28, 2024:

timely (adjective) – prompt, well timed, at the right time, opportune, appropriate.
pre-trial (noun) – a hearing prior to trial, which all parties involved in the trial attempt to determine the issues, laws, or facts matter, before the court trial.
trial (noun) – court case, lawsuit, inquiry, hearing, legal proceedings, legal action.
injunction (noun) – instruction, command, order, direction, mandate.
make a case (phrase) – to argue for something, to defend an idea/opinion/viewpoint.
restraint (noun) – restriction, limitation, control.
welcome (adjective) – pleasing, agreeable, favourable, promising, much needed.
civil suit/trial (noun) – a court case involves a legal dispute between two or more parties (plaintiff & defendant).
defamation (noun) – it is defined as spoken or written words or visible representations, concerning any person intended to harm his/her reputation; character assassination, libel, misrepresentation, vilification, backbiting, abuse, scandalmongering, malicious gossip.
ramification (noun) – outcome, end result, consequence, implications, repercussion.
impair (verb) – damage, weaken, spoil, undermine, vitiate.
interim (adjective) – provisional, temporary, short-term, brief, transitional.
commence (verb) – begin, start.
cavalier (adjective) – “casual, indifferent, dismissive, uninterested, unconcerned (about serious/important matter).
result in (verb) – cause, lead to, bring about, produce, give rise to.
stifle (verb) – constrain, restrain, prevent, hamper, impede.
observe (verb) – comment, remark, say, mention.
set aside (phrasal verb) – overrule, cancel, revoke, reverse, nullify, quash, abrogate.
outlet (noun) – an organization that publishes journalism.
take down (phrasal verb) – remove, take out, delete.
allegedly (adverb) – apparently, supposedly, evidently, seemingly, reportedly, presumably, ostensibly.
defamatory (adjective) – defaming, abusive, mud-slinging, disparaging, insulting.
brief (adjective) – temporary, short-term, short-lived, momentary, transitory.
reiterate (verb) – say something again; say again, repeat, retell, restate, iterate, recapitulate
three-fold (adverb) – having three parts.
constitutional (adjective) – legal, lawful, legitimate, rightful.
mandate (noun) – instruction, command, order, direction, injunction.
understate (verb) – underemphasize, play down, underplay.
admonition (noun) – criticism, censure, rebuke, reproval, reproach, scolding, castigation, condemnation, reprimand.
mechanically (adverb) – automatically, without thinking, casually, carelessly.
limb (noun) – branch, arm, wing, part.
prima facie (adjective) – “It is a Latin expression meaning ‘at first sight/look/view’, at firs appearance, based on first impression. It may be used as an adjective meaning ‘sufficient to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless disproved or rebutted’. It is used for a belief that is accepted as correct until proven otherwise; It literally means ‘at first face’.
balance of convenience (noun) – a legal term used to describe how a court would weigh up the convenience for you of being granted the injunction, in comparison to the inconvenience that it may cause for the other side. In practice this does not refer to the consideration of the merits or viability of your case. Instead it considers the interests of both parties.
in favour of (phrase) – in support of, to the advantage of.
lastly (adverb) – finally, ultimately.
irreparable (adjective) – irreversible, irremediable, unrecoverable.
plaintiff (noun) – a person who is bringing a lawsuit against another person before a court; claimant, litigator, petitioner.
merely (adverb) – only, simply, just.
grounds (noun) – reason, justification, cause, rationale, pretext, premise, factor.
curb (noun) – constraint, restriction, limitation, control.
outright (adverb) – complete, clear, downright, stark, categorical, unequivocal, all-out.
gag order (noun) – gagging order; it is an order, typically a legal order by a court or government, restricting information or comment from being made public or passed onto any unauthorized third party.
omnibus (noun/adjective) – the Latin word literally meaning “for all”; consisting of several parts/items; consisting of many different things/points; covering a number of diverse or unrelated topics; all-embracing, all-in, comprehensive, exhaustive, all-inclusive.
refrain from (verb) – desist from, stop oneself, abstain, forgo, discontinue, hold back.
Bonnard vs Perryman Principle (noun) – it, in essence, means that a court should not grant an interim injunction in respect of an allegedly defamatory publication when the defendant takes a plea of truth of the content as justification and the court thinks that the defendant is not certain to fail at trial.
lay down (phrasal verb) – formulate, stipulate, set down, draw up, frame.
no way (phrase) – not at all.
for instance (phrase) – for example.
influence (noun) – power, authority, leverage, sway, weightage, clout, muscle.
resort to (verb) – have recourse to, fall back on, turn to, make use of, use.
Strategic Litigation/Lawsuit against Public Participation (SLAPP) (noun) – it refers to lawsuits brought by individuals and entities to dissuade (prevent/discourage) their critics from continuing to produce negative publicity. By definition, SLAPP suits do not have any true legal claims against the critics.
strike a note (phrase) – to express a particular type of opinions or feelings about something); communicate, indicate, cite, call to mind, bring to mind.
prolonged (adjective) – lengthy, extended, protracted, unending, unrelenting.
sentence (noun) – punishment, prison term; conviction, judgement, verdict.