Urban Gonsalves, a journalist is a resident of Mumbai. Upon his statement on air, several FIRs were…

The Supreme Court is the appropriate forum for comprehensive relief against duplicate proceedings spread across these States. In Arnab Ranjan Goswami, it exercised Article 32 jurisdiction over multiple FIRs arising from the same broadcast, allowing one investigation and quashing duplicates. The listed High Court choices do not provide that single national forum; criminal defamation also ordinarily requires an aggrieved person's complaint.