person or slander of such a person and that the said expressions did not relate to slander of goods or slander of title ... claim is based on slander of title or slander of goods. Slander of title is committed when one falsely and maliciously writes or speaks defamatory
RELATING TO SLANDER OF GOODS
22. The English law relating to slander of goods, had its origin in slander of title to land, from ... making of the slanderous statement is an essential ingredient of a cause of action for slander of title". Halsbury's Laws of England
suit which is said to be their denial of the plaintiffs' title is distinct from the one in the present suit (Shahjahanpur suit) which ... judgment as follows :
In the case before us the trespass on title or slander of title in the case so far as the Oudh suit
disparagement;
(ii) disparagement is, in sum and substance a tort of slander of goods. In order that an
action is brought home successfully the plaintiff ... Torts, 16th Edition, Chapter 20- "Malicious
Falsehood, Slander of Title, Slander of Goods and other Varieties;
Halsbury's Law of England, 4th Edition
properties consists of
those facts which would entitle them to
establish their title to the properties.
These facts are the same with respect to
both ... judgment as follows:
“In the case before us the trespass on
title or slander of title in the case so
far as the Oudh suit
Imperial Tobacco Co. vs Albert Bonnan on 21 January, 1927
Equivalent citations: AIR1928CAL1, AIR 1928
which provides :
"In an action for slander of title, slander of goods or other malicious falsehood, it shall not be necessary to allege
agent. In so far as the cause of action may be slander of title or slander of goods the limitation would be either one year
Advocate for the Defendant also relied upon an article titled "The
Nutritional Benefts of Coconut" published in LiveMint on 12th June ... making out a case of the tort of disparagement of goods / slander of goods: (i) the
statement must be false; (ii) the statement must have
defendant, in a sum of Rs. 1000/- as damages for (1) slandering his title to the property offered as security for the loan ... suit claim as prayed for holding that the defendant had slandered the title of the plaintiff to the property offered as security for the loan