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1. Swatanter Kumar vs. The Indian Express Ltd. & others, (2016) 1AD(Delhi) 288; &
2. Subramanian Swamy vs. Union of India, Ministry of Law and Others, (2016) 7 SCC 221.
8. At the very outset, it would be profitable to highlight relevant excerpts of a decision of Hon'ble Supreme Court rendered in Subramanian Swamy vs. Union of India, Ministry of Law and others, (2016) 7 SCC 221, which are as under:
23. Meaning of the term "defamation" has been elaborately considered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in its decision titled Subramanian Swamy vs Union of India, Ministry of Law and others, (2016) 7 SCC 221 wherein it was observed as under:
"23. Meaning of the term "defamation"
23.1. Salmond & Heuston on the Law of Torts, 20th Edn., Bata India Ltd. v. A.M. Turaz & Ors., 2013 53 PTC 536; Pandey Surindra Nath Sinha v. Bageshwari Pd.., 1961 AIR (Pat) 164, define a "defamatory statement" as under: