Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 500 -- Defamation - Advocate - Advocate filed an application, on behalf of accused A1, A3 to A5, for removal of respondent and seeking appointment of another Resolution professional in a petition u/s 27 of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 - Said application was allowed and respondent was removed and another person was appointed as..........
Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, Section 190, 204, Indian Penal Code, 1860, Section 500 -- Offence u/s 500 IPC - Order of summoning - Court while taking cognizance and passing order of summoning has not mentioned as to what are the materials against accused - Order passed in a mechanical way - Impugned order not passed in consonance with provisions of law and thus, set aside..........
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..........
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...........
