Chennai Court February 1891 Judgments
V. Ramasami Naidu Vs. Chella Naidu
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Feb-03-1891
Reported in: (1896)6MLJ254
Muthusami Aiyar, J.1. The question referred for our opinion is whether in cases in which a married woman is defamed by imputing unchastity to her, her husband is a person aggrieved by the defamation, upon whose complaint the Magistrate may take cognizance of the offence under Section 190 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. I am of opinion that our answer must be in the affirmative. The words ' aggrieved by such offence' include the husband in their ordinary meaning and his reputation is so intimately connected with that of his wife that it would be unreasonable to hold that the defamation would ordinarily not be as much hurtful to the feelings of the former as it is to those of the latter. It is true that under Section 345 the wife may without the consent of the husband and : even contrary to his wish compound the offence as ' the person defamed ' thereby rendering the complaint made by the latter liable to be dismissed. But it must be observed that generally the husband and the wife wi...
Tag this Judgment!Chellam Naidu Vs. Ramasami
Court: Chennai
Decided on: Feb-03-1891
Reported in: (1891)ILR14Mad379
Muttusami Ayyar, J.1. The question referred, for our opinion, is whether in cases in which a married woman is defamed by the imputation of unchastity, her husband is a person aggrieved by the defamation, upon whose complaint the Magistrate may take cognizance of the offence under Section 198 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. I am of opinion that our answer must be in the affirmative. The words, 'some person aggrieved by such offence,' include the husband in their ordinary meaning, and his reputation is so intimately connected with that of his wife that it would be unreasonable to hold that the defamation would ordinarily not be as hurtful to his feelings as it is to those of his wife. It is true that under Section 345 the wife may, without the consent of the husband, and even contrary to his wish, compound the offence as 'the person defamed,' thereby rendering the complaint made by the latter liable to be dismissed. But it must be observed that generally the husband and the wife will ...
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