Defamatory Statement - Judgment Search Results

P. Ram Narayan Vs. L.P. Pichan and anr.

Court: Mumbai

Reported in: 1982(2)BomCR559

..... of the objectionable portion of the letter the learned magistrate has observed that only those defamatory statements which were quoted by the complainant specifically could have to be examined by the court ..... been whisked away by him by trying to locate some kind of justification for those defamatory statements in the previous correspondence between the parties and secondly he cannot be said to have .....

Essel Infraprojects Limited Vs. Devendra Prakash Mishra and Others

Court: Mumbai

..... in recovering certain amounts given to other parties but that cannot justify the use of defamatory statements 55 as pointed out hereinabove the learned judge of the bombay city civil court has ..... is submitted that the topics tabulated in paragraph 25 of the plaint are not such defamatory statements which would disclose any cause of action against the defendants it is submitted that if .....

Hady Hartanto Vs. Yee Kit Hong and Others

Court: Singapore Supreme Court

..... truth of the disputed words mr nair also argued that where a defendant publishes a defamatory statement out of personal spite there is no need to show that there was a dominant ..... was incorrect qualified privilege is a common law concept based on the principle that statements which are defamatory and untrue may be privileged on grounds of public policy and convenience whether qualified .....

Jameel and Others (Respondents) Vs. Wall Street Journal Europe Sprl (A ...

Court: House of Lords

..... refused to do so lord nicholls of birkenhead said that to allow publication of any defamatory statements of a political character subject only to proof of malice would provide inadequate protection ..... of the article the saudis were co operating with the us treasury but the particular defamatory statement that accounts associated with the claimants were being monitored a useful cross check he .....

Swami Ramdev vs.juggernaut Books Pvt Ltd & Ors

Court: Delhi

..... submits that the writings incorporated and the publication of the said book containing the stated defamatory statements against the petitioner had been published with the sole objective of lowering the name image ..... 2 ch 269 would usually prevent the grant of an order to restrain publication of defamatory statements where the respondent contends that the proposed publication was defensible 34 and r v .....

M.J. Zakharia Sait Vs. T.M. Mohammed and ors.

Court: Supreme Court of India

Reported in: JT1990(2)SC404; 1990(2)KLT49(SC); 1990(1)SCALE816; (1990)3SCC396; [1990]2SCR719

..... decision therefore shows that it is not necessary that a person publishing a defamatory statement should intend that the statement should refer to the defamed person it is sufficient that reasonable persons should .....

Near Vs. Minnesota

Court: US Supreme Court

..... pubic welfare second the statute is directed not simply at the circulation of scandalous and defamatory statements with regard to private citizens but at the continued publication by newspapers and periodicals of ..... carry on the business in every edition slanderous and defamatory matter predominates to the practical exclusion of all else many of the statements are so highly improbable as to compel a .....

Gertz Vs. Robert Welch, Inc.

Court: US Supreme Court

..... which bars media liability for defamation of a public official absent proof that the defamatory statements were published with knowledge of their falsity or in reckless disregard of the truth ..... for defamation at least this conclusion obtains where as here the substance of the defamatory statement makes substantial danger to reputation apparent footnote 11 this phrase places in perspective the .....

Dhiro Koch and anr. Vs. Gobinda Dev Mishra Bura Satria

Court: Kolkata

Reported in: 65Ind.Cas.204

..... abused the plaintiff was no party to the suit in which the defendants made the defamatory statement the statement was absolutely irrelevant and was made out of pure malice having regard to the ..... pleadings is concerned there is considerable divergence of judicial opinion upon the question how far defamatory statements made by parties or witnesses are privileged in this country it is unnecessary to .....

Flood (Respondent) Vs. Times Newspapers Limited (Appellant)

Court: UK Supreme Court

..... lord hoffmann said at paras 51 52 b inclusion of the defamatory statement if the article as a whole concerned a matter of ..... public interest the next question is whether the inclusion of the defamatory statement was justifiable the fact that the material was of public ..... editor s view may have been the question of whether the defamatory statement should have been included is often a matter of how .....