reputation either generally or with respect to his occupation is libel. Libellous per se : A publication is libellous per se when the words ... When a publication is libellous per se", that is, defamatory on its face, it is actionable per se, libellous per quod, however, are such
reputation either generally or with respect to his occupation is libel. Libellous per se : a publication is libellous per se when the words ... publication is "libellous per se", that is, defamatory on its face, it is actionable per se, libellous per quod, however, are such expressions
elected Police Commissioner of
Montgomery, brought an action for libel against the Times
and several of the individual signatories to the
advertisement. It was found ... Court. According to the relevant Alabama law, a publication
was "libelous per se" if the words "tend to injure a
person
denied that the impugned words are defamatory per se as they are not susceptible of any innocent interpretation and even unaided by any extrinsic facts ... both in England and in India. Where the publication is libellous per se the proof of the publication makes a prima facie case
consider as to whether the allegations in the complaint are per se defamatory or not. There could not have been any pale of controversy that ... lawyer to his clerk and transcription made by him of a per se libellous matter cannot amount to publication.
11. Now, I shall consider
counsel to Sri Ramakrishnan. The said reply contained imputations which are per se libellous. The criminal proceedings commenced twelve years ago did not culminate even ... lawyer to his clerk and transcription made by him of a per se libellous matter cannot amount to publication.
10. Sri P. G. Rajagopalan, counsel
have then expressed a doubt whether the words complained of were libellous per se; and it was thrown out that unless special damage was proved
that if the learned Magistrate has held that these statements are per se libellous and defamatory and that has lowered down the prestige ... witnesses in their sworn testimony clearly show that these allegations are per se libellous and defamatory and, therefore, in this view of the matter
Delhi High Court has observed as follows -
Where the publication is libellous per se the proof of the publication makes a prima facie case ... defamation the accused has not only to justify the whole of his libel but the plea taken has to be proved as strictly
clerk and the transcription made by him of a per se libellous matter cannot amount to publication. The same view was followed in the second
