statement, the defendant has specifically pleaded as under:-
Nevertheless, by way of abandon caution, it is hereby denied that the said statement is defamatory ... General vindicating against the charge made by the plaintiff. Letter contained defamatory statements about the plaintiff. The letter was sent to the press for publication
Every individual has a right to protect his reputation. Disparaging and defamatory statements made about a person to a third person or persons without lawful ... role in the reinstatement of the complainant is not a defamatory statement.
45. It is relevant to note that defamation can be caused by following
learned Single Judge in paragraph 31 of the impugned
judgment that defamatory statements attributed as actionable need not be
pleaded in the plaint ... filed with the plaint, and in the document is contained
the defamatory statement. Learned senior counsel urged that serious
prejudice would be caused
Every individual has a right to protect his reputation. Disparaging and defamatory statements made about a person to a third person or persons without lawful ... role in the reinstatement of the complainant is not a defamatory statement.
45. It is relevant to note that defamation can be caused by following
against the plaintiff and his arrest. They did not contain any defamatory statements about the plaintiff made by the defendant. As pleaded by the plaintiff ... nature of offence alleged against the plaintiff.
24. A statement published, unless it is defamatory per-se, is actionable on proof of that
competing value i.e. the
dignity of an individual. Even defamatory statements made by
witnesses in Court, subject to the statement being relevant to
Death
Samar Ghosh, we could add a few more. Making unfounded
indecent defamatory allegations against the spouse or his or
her relatives in the pleadings, filing ... instance of mental cruelty is seen in the
scurrilous, vulgar and defamatory statement made by the
respondent-wife in her complaint dated 4/10/1999
defamatory allegations against
the spouse, amounts to causing mental cruelty to the other spouse. The plea
taken by the appellant/wife in the written statement ... 2014 Page 15 of 17
scurrilous, vulgar and defamatory statement made by the
Respondent-wife in her complaint dated 4/10/1999 addressed
which opinions are based,
then different yardstick applies. If the statement is per se defamatory, an
injunction must follow.
28. Labelling a statement ... subject of the statement, the speaker
is liable for making defamatory statement.
33. In its pleadings, the respondent admits that coconut oil marketed
have to be of a kind which are akin to a defamatory
statement. As held in the decision reported ... Deepa to constitute mental cruelty would
be making unfounded indecent/defamatory allegations against the
spouse or the relatives of the spouse in pleadings/complaints
