Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. vs 1Mg Technologies Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. on 8 July, 2019
inducement or procurement results in breach of a
contract, the third party would have committed an
actionable interference with the contract. Again so far
from persuading or inducing or procuring one of the
parties to the contract to break it, the third party may
commit an actionable interference with the contract,
against the will of both and without the knowledge of
either if with knowledge of the contract, he does an act
which if done by one of the parties to it, would have
been a breach. Of this type of interference the case
of G.W.K. Ltd. (supra) affords a striking example. If,
instead of persuading B of unlawful action against him,
A brings about the break of the contract between B and
C by operating through a third party. A may still be
liable to C, provided unlawful means are used. The act
of the third party may be against the will of both and
without the knowledge of either. It must however be
with the knowledge of the contract. But the plaintiff is
not obliged to prove that the defendant knew the
precise terms of the contract breached; it is enough if
the defendant's knowledge is sufficient to entitle the
Court to say that he has knowingly or recklessly
procured a breach. Proof of malice in the sense of spite
or ill-will is unnecessary. It is no justification for the
defendant to say that he had an honest doubt whether
he was interfering with the plaintiff's contract, or that
he acted without malice or in good faith. It is enough
to show that the defendant did an act which must
damage the plaintiff; it need not be proved that he
intended to do so. It is certain that justification is
capable of being a defence to this tort, but what
constitutes justification is incapable of exact definition.
It has been said that regard must be had to the nature
of the contract broken, the position of the parties to the
contract, the grounds for the breach, the means
employed to procure it, the relation of the person
procuring it to the person who breaks the contract, and
the object of the person procuring the breach..‖