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16. There is no basis for the plea raised by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner that making a statement in the counter affidavit filed before this Court in the writ petition does not amount to publication.
17. The essence of publication in the context of Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code is the communication of the defamatory imputation to persons other than the person against whom the imputation is made (See Google India Private Limited v. M/s Visakha Industries : AIR 2020 SC 350).