absolute privilege. In cases of
absolute privilege, no case for defamation/libel/slander would lie. The Court
thereafter held as under:
"19. The next ... wrongful implication leading to
loss of reputation i.e. defamation/libel/slander. There is no other tort of
malicious implication which can be separately sued
Whatman International Limited vs P Mehta & Ors. on 1 February, 2019
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possible for an otherwise
successful plaintiff, in a disparagement or slander of
goods action to always quantify the extent of loss; there
would necessarily ... applied while awarding
punitive or exemplary damages in libel, tortuous
claims with economic overtones such as slander of
goods, or in respect of intellectual property
applied while awarding
punitive or exemplary damages in libel, tortuous claims
with economic overtones such as slander of goods, or in
respect of intellectual property
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