Every man has a right to have his reputation preserved inviolate. This right of reputation is acknowledged as an inherent personal right of every person as part of...
– According to the defamation act, 1952, a defendant can take the plea of innocence only, if (i) the words published by him were not defamatory on the...
– Everything printed or written, which reflected on the character of another and published without, lawful jurisdiction or excuse is libel. Defamation is publication of the communication there...
– In order to be defamatory of the plaintiff, the words (or article) must contain something which to the mind of a reader with knowledge of the relevant...
There may be a statement containing an allegation which apparently is no imputation, may be proved by the plaintiff to have an imputation under the special circumstances of...
The test of defamatory nature of statement is that its tendency is to excite against the plaintiff the adverse opinion or feeling of other persons, the typical form...
One of the essentials of defamation is that the words must be defamatory. The words should tend to lower a person in the estimation of other persons or...
Apart from general damages for injury to reputation, special damages in the strict sense of the term may be awarded, if expressly claimed in respect of and material...
– General damages are such as the law will presume to be the natural or probable consequences of the defendant’s words. They need not therefore, be proved by...
In an action for defamation the plaintiff has to prove the following essentials : (i) the statement must be defamatory, (ii) the statement must refer to the plaintiff,...
