Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Genuine assessment of State of affairs of administration at a given point of time cannot amount to defamation...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Article published in press in respect of conduct of Chief Minister in discharge of her public functions does not warrant prosecution of petitioners u/ss 499, 500 IPC - Prosecution qua petitioners quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499 -- Eighth Exception - Defamation - Accusation preferred in good faith to authorized person - Does not amount to defamation...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499 -- Eighth Exception - Defamation - Accusation preferred in good faith to authorized person - Complaint against incumbent Village Officer filed by petitioner to Tehsildar, who is Administrative Superior of such Officer, would certainly be protected by S.499 Eighth Exception IPC - Private complaint against petitioner and order taking..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Defamatory allegations were made by wife in matrimonial case accusing her husband that he was consuming liquor and was assaulting her in night hours - Contents of the same also revealed by wife to her relatives and a friend of husband - There was thus, publication as required u/s 499 IPC of alleged defamatory..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Quantum of sentence - Accused was a young woman of 27 years of age having a minor daughter which required to take care - Complainant was husband of accused and also father of their minor daughter - Sending accused to serve imprisonment however small period it may be that itself would drastically affect her future as..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Filing a complaint to statutory authority to cancel an arms license issued to a person for certain specific reasons, same does not amount to defamation as contained in S.499 IPC...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - To attract definition of offence of defamation as contained in S.499 IPC, imputation should have been made or published...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Death of complainant - Complaint does not survive since defamation is a personal injury and with death of complainant, no cause of action survives to any other person, may be legal heir of complainant - Complaint dismissed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Allegation that accused uttered defamatory and derogatory statements against Chief Minister of State which injured her credit and reputation in minds of public at large - However, statements are political digs taken by one party against other party in a political battlefield and it is not against any individual in..........
