... 20 Stern v. Piper & Ors. that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent a...whether hyperlinking to alleged defamatory content constitutes republication, thereby giving rise to a fresh cause of action. This inquiry is particularly significant given that hyperlinking serves... 44. Publication of the defamatory statement is an essential element of the cause of action in a suit for damages for defamation. The injury caused by ...

... 20 Stern v. Piper & Ors. that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent a...whether hyperlinking to alleged defamatory content constitutes republication, thereby giving rise to a fresh cause of action. This inquiry is particularly significant given that hyperlinking serves... 44. Publication of the defamatory statement is an essential element of the cause of action in a suit for damages for defamation. The injury caused by ...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings does not give any entitlement to the Defendant to repeat the same. The .... That there are no grounds for concluding the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard v...were being published and circulated. This has been referred to as Defamatory Content Nos. 1 to 6 in paragraphs 15(f) to (p) of the Plaint. These include a video by Defendant No. 3 re-shared on...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...has been held in Stern vs. Piper & Ors.25that every republication of a libel is a new libel and each publisher is answerable for his act to the same extent as if the .../recorded in course of actual open judicial proceedings can be repeated. The mere fact that the defamatory statement might have been made in a pleading/affidavit filed in the course of judicial proceedings...the statement may be true and there was evidence of an intention to repeat a published defamatory statement. The Court therein had applied the test in Bonnard vs. Perryman. Further, the Delhi High Court...

...which are defamatory in nature and on reading this letter by other persons in the locality, where he commands a good reputation, his prestige republication has been damaged. The complaint was submitted by...-petitioner. Sending of the letter containing the defamatory matter by the accused to the complainant by a registered post cannot be said to be publication as would render the accused liable for the...offence under Section 500 IPC. 2. Complainant Ranjeet Mal filed a complaint in the Court of the Munsif and Judicial Magistrate, Sheoganj, against the petitioner Sohan Lal under Section 500...

....15. The wrong of defamation consists in the publication of a false and defamatory statement respecting another person without lawful justification or excuse (Salmond, 15th Edn., p. 179). ...only a particular form of “defamation”. It is a defamatory statement in writing or otherwise recorded (e.g. by printing, typing, etc.) in such a way as to be more or less permanence so that after ...act of publication, it still retains its capacity of expressing the defamatory meaning by subsequent acts of publication. Slander is spoken defamation. A statement is not actionable as a ...

...Court of the Cape of Good Hope), the seconding of a defamatory resolution proposed by another was held to constitute an adoption and repetition of the defamation. In Spike v Golding (1895)...principal issue in this appeal to the Board:"whether a Member of Parliament may be held liable in defamation if the Member makes a defamatory statement in the House of Representat...to outweigh the interest of the individual who may be injured by a false and defamatory statement. In such situations the law gives the publisher a qualified privilege: that is, a defence to any c...

...and Rel. on. (Para 43) (E) Penal Code (45 of 1860), S.499 - DEFAMATION - Publication of defamatory statement - Publisher is answerable irrespective of whether he is originator of it or merely repe...exercise of such means to verify its truth, as would be taken by a man of ordinary prudence, under like circumstances. (Para 38) A publisher of a defamatory ...Chief Minister of Punjab State. The statement said to be defamatory of the complainant was given by the accused to the press on 23rd of July, 1957, which was published in extenso in the Blitz, a...

...previous publication of the alleged defamatory matter had occurred, the subsequent republication could not properly be made the subject of prosecution until that course had been taken with regard to the...made a means of defeating the principal provision of the law of defamation. In England it is not allowed to a defendant to prove that a statement, similar to the one for which he is indic...1. It appears from the decision of the Magistrate in disposing of the case, though the matter is not brought out with absolute clearness, that he was under the impression that when a...

...defamatory. The Magistrate found that the publication complained was a mere reproduction or republication of what had been previously printed and published in another newspaper. He was, therefore, of...for libel as one year when the libel is published. In our opinion, the right to sue for libel accrues from the date of publication of defamatory statement whenever it is published. It is not material...defamatory matter had occurred, the subsequent republication could not properly be made the subject of prosecution until that course had been taken with regard to the earlier publication. This...

.... AIR 1914 PC 116, discussed and Rel. on. (Para 43) (E) Penal Code (45 of 1860), S.499 - DEFAMATION - Publication of defamatory statement - Publisher i...ordinary prudence, under like circumstances. (Para 38) A publisher of a defamatory statement can only be protected if, he shows that he had taken alt reasonable precautions and then had a reasonab...news item, in question, published in the Times of India on reading which, he found it defamatory of his character and reputation. He then issued a statement to the press which was published in the...

...Holloway, reported in (1960) 1 WLR 9975. As far as the proposition of law as referred by the defendants is concerned, there is no dispute that every republication of a libel is a new...% per annum towards damages and compensation on defamatory grounds against the defendants, on the reason that some defamatory imputations were made by the defendants in their written statement dated 17th...January, 2005 filed by them in Civil Suit No. 403 of 2004. Admittedly, the said suit was dismissed for want of court fee. According to the statement made in the present suit, the said imputations...

...also considering a decision relied upon by the present petitioner, to the effect that republication of defamatory imputations would also call for a criminal prosecution, as reported in 1887 (12...before a court of law and therefore, would be distinct from the allegations in the present case, which refers to the defamatory statement being extracted in a reply legal notice. Hence, the said decision..., therefore, making it a libelous statement being broadcasted to the general public. It was in that vein that the Delhi High Court took the view that in the facts of that case, though a defamatory ...