Time Incorporated vs Lokesh Srivastava And Anr. on 3 January, 2005
29. The Defendant has chosen not to contest the matter and thus the plaintiff is
also entitled to the benefit of punitive damages with a view to ensure that
such litigants desist from indulging into such activities and they are not
given benefit of the acts, which resulted to the loss to the plaintiff. It would
be useful to refer to the judgment in the case of Time Incorporated v.
Lokesh Srivastava and Anr., reported at 116(2005) DLT 599 wherein this
court has observed as under: