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..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Acquittal in a case u/s 138 Negotiable Instruments Act - Does not attract Ss.499 and/or S.500 IPC - Mens-rea is a mandatory prerequisite for the offence of defamation - Held, in the present case mensrea or criminal intention is lacking on the part of accused, hence, they cannot be held guilty of offence of..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Pleadings filed in Court containing defamatory statements amounts to publication...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 482 -- Quashing of complaint - Defamation - Question of applicability of Exceptions of S.499 IPC as well as all other defences that may be available to accused will have to be gone into during trial of case - Prima facie words spoken by petitioner to Manager of hotel are defamatory to..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 500, 501, Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 199(1) -- Offence u/ss 500, 501 IPC - Court can take cognizance upon a complaint made by some person aggrieved by the offence and not on the basis of final report filed by police...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Reading contents of FIR loudly in Court, in a civil suit - Cannot be treated to harm or diminish reputation of complainant - Complaint and entire proceedings quashed...........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 500 -- Defamation - Legal notice - It was stated that complainant prepared the forged documents and are trying to grab the whole property - In the last para it was mentioned that if accused is not given his one third share, he will institute court proceedings - Accused being successor has every right to defend the Will - Act of accused does..........
Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 499, 500 -- Defamation - Quashing of proceedings - Accused allegedly made defamatory interviews which were telecast on various TV channels - None of editors and publishers have been arrayed as accused - Other than complainant no other person cited as witness in complaint nor anything showing that imputation in estimation of others, lowers..........
