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...1. This is a plaintiff's appeal against a reversing decree dismissing his suit for damages for defamation.2. During the pendency of the appeal the sole respondent died...‘Ramaswamy Naicker v. Manickka’. AIR 1944 Mad. 405 the plaintiff's suit for damages for defamation was dismissed by the lowe....4. It is a well-established rule of common law that if an injury were done either to the person or to the property of another, for which unliquidated damages only could be recovered in...
...business. The notice dated 4th September, 2008 clearly states that the said notice is for defamation and malicious prosecution. The learned single Judge considered the averments made in the plaint and held that the said ...malicious prosecution and not suit for damages for defamation.Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner referring to the proviso to...Section 7 sub-section (1) of the West Bengal Court Fees Act, 1970 submits that no court fee is required to be paid in a suit for damages ...
...of a suit for damages for defamation. These decisions, in our view, are of no help to the respondents in examining whether the High Court was justified and right in law in quashing the criminal...lifting the office chair and by forcefully breaking open the drawer of the table containing the cheque book which was locked by our Accountant while leaving the office for the day....”3. The Magistrate found these allegations as false and convicted the respondents (accused) for the offence under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act on 17-12-1998. An...
...Petitioner who has suffered rejection of his impleading application in a suit for damages for the tort of defamation is knocking at the doors of Writ Court. 2...declining impleadment. 3. It has been a settled position of law that in a suit for damages for defamation, it is always for the dominant litis to chose a person as a defendant...886, for seeking impleadment, as additional defendant to the suit when plaintiff is unwilling to have him as such. In the above circumstances, this writ petition being thoroughly devoid of merits is...
...the revisional application contended that a suit for damages for defamation and one for damages for malicious prosecution being identical in nature and character and loss of repu...payable under this Act in the suits next hereinafter mentioned shall be computed as follows:—(i) In suits for money including suits for damages or compensation, or arrears of maintenance, of annuities, or of ...Bengal Act XLII of 1974) a proviso was, however, added to clause (i) of section 7 to provide that no Court-fee shall be payable in suits for damages for defamation.10. In their wisdom the L...
...suit for damages for defamation was decreed by the appellate court but dismissed by the High Court in second appeal. There was an appeal to this Court by the plaintiff by special leave and during its...AIR 1960 MP 200 as well as in those cases where a suit for damages for defamation, assault or other personal injuries sustained by the plainti...S. Natarajan, J.— Leave granted.2. The limited question falling for our determination in this appeal by special leave is whether a suit for damages...
...the present application for seeking transfer of the suit for damages for defamation and permanent injunction i.e. CS/222/2024 titled "Jigar Dalsania v/s Shefalika Malhan" filed by the respo...counsel for the respondent, the transfer application is hereby allowed and the civil suit i.e. CS/222/2024 titled "Jigar Dalsania v/s Shefalika Malhan" filed by the respondent/husband..., Advocate for the applicant.
Mr. Jaskaran Singh, Advocate for the respondent.
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ARCHANA PURI, J. (Oral...
...court, cannot form the basis of a suit for damages for defamation. In the appeals before us no evidence was taken and it cannot be said whether the statements complained of were or were not relevant to...among others that the statement of a witness in a witness box was privileged and no civil suit for damages could lie in a Civil Court on the basis of the statement made by the witness, even if it be...suits in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Meerut for recovery of damages on the allegation that the statements made by Muda Mal and others were defamatory. The suits were resisted on the ground...
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Civil Judge (Junior Division), Jhansi
Suit for damages for defamation caused by false and defamatory notice by opposite party in Punjab Kesri.
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Suit for declaration/recovery of rupees 1 lakh 20 thousand as outstanding dues from Praveen Bhatia and Sukhraj Singh Gill Kharad.
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Civil Suit No. 116
2006
-....7. One Atul Saggar on behalf of Kay Pee Agencies, Ludhiana, who is said to have been appointed as a distributor at Ludhiana on or about 30-8-2004 filed a civil suit praying for a...
..., 1968 for the institution of a suit for damages for defamation by him against Respondent 2 Thiru V. Karthikeyan, the then Chief Secretary to the State Government of Tamil Nadu by defamatory state...the Rules seeking permission to institute a suit against Respondent 2 for damages for defamation. This was sought on the ground that in an interview with Thiru Shastri Ramachandran, the correspondent....”According to its plain terms, Rule 17 is in the nature of a restraint on a member of the All India Services from bringing a suit for damages for defamation ...
...that it is not a suit for defamation, but suit for damages.The distinction drawn by the learned trial Court is not tenable in law. In a suit for ...(AIR 1960 Madh Pra 200) as well as in those cases where a suit for damages for defamation, assault or other personal injuries sustained by th...deceased plaintiff were ordered to be impleaded to continue with the suit.The plaintiff-respondent filed a suit for declaration claiming damages during the period of his service and for...
...alleged against him.19. In the second case, the Nagpur High Court dealing with a claim for damages for defamation observed as follows:“We may point out ...damages for defamation the law requires that the plaint ought to allege the publication of the defamatory statement, set out the actual words used and also state that they....8. Mr C.K Daphtary, learned counsel for the appellants, contended that in cases of defamation it is essential that the actual words used should be set out in the complaint and a...
...as there was delay of 70 days in filing the same.
4/ Mr Dharmadhikari, learned counsel for petitioners submits that the suit is filed for damages for defamation a...petitioners are ready to file Written Statement on record within fifteen days from today, petitioners should not be allowed to go undefended in the proceedings where they are facing suit for damages for ..., resident of Rani laxmi Ward, Ballarpur, Dist. Chandrapur.
Mr R.D. Dharmadhikari, Advocate for petitioners. Mr R.R. Rangari, Advocate for respondent. Coram : A.B...
.... Baboola Hajarilal Jain, AIR 1960 MP 200. wherein it was observed that in those cases where a suit for damages for defamation, assault...M.S Liberhan, J.:— The deceased-plaintiff brought a suit for damages against the defendants for causing injuries to his person which further resulted in loss of his business. The plaintiff...personalis cum moritur persona and the suit abated, as it was for damages for personal injuries3. The trial Court relying on M. Veerappa v. Ev lyn Seqeuira...
...27th July, 1965. The Solicitor's notice for the Civil suit for damages for defamation was issued on the 16th August, 1965. No reply to the Solicitor's letter of demand was given by the petitioners.... The contempt rule was issued ex parte on the 20th September, 1965, but before it was served a civil suit for damages for defamation had been filed on the very next day, 21st September, 1965...precedent before filing a civil suit for damage for defamation, is irrelevant. Normally and almost universally the practice in a civil suit for defamation is a prior Solicitor's letter de...
...to deal with the charge or complaint in a collateral proceeding such as a civil suit for damages for defamation. The Full Bench decision would therefore have no application to this case. Reliance was...1. The only question to be determined in this appeal is whether a suit for damages for malicious prosecution would be maintainable when no summons was issued to the plaintiff on a verbal.... He says that he was not called by the police as he had apprehended an arrest and run away after he came to know of the complaint. The plaintiff brought a suit for damages for malicious prosecution on...
...to entertain the suit for damages for defamation against the Defendants.
2. Petition is posted for admission. Heard.
3. The contextual facts are:
.... Honnamakki Ramesh Hegde filed a suit claiming of Rs. 15,000/- as damages for the loss of reputation and mental agony suffered by him due to defamatory article published in weekly news paper by the...Chickmagalur had territorial jurisdiction and answered the issue negatively.
8. Assailing it the learned Counsel submits that the view taken by the Gauhati High Court that the suit for...
...1. This is a defendant's appeal arising out of a suit for damages for defamation. The undisputed facts are that the defendant is the mukhia of village Bisalpur. About the 1st or 2nd of....
3. The plaintiff brought this suit claiming Rs. 1,000 as special damages.
4. The Trial Court in a long and careful judgment found that the libel alleged was true in...were to be held liable for damages at all they should not exceed Rs. 200.
5. The lower Appellate Court in a very perfunctory judgment has stated that there is no evidence on the reoord...
...Daniels and Neave, JJ.:— This is a defendant's appeal arising out of a suit for damages for defamation. The undisputed facts are that the defendant is the mukhia of village Bisalpur. About...inquiry should be made.The plaintiff brought this suit claiming Rs. 1,000 as special damages.The trial court in a long and careful judgment found that the libel alleged was...defendant were to be held liable for damages at all, they should not exceed Rs. 200.The lower appellate court in a very perfunctory judgment has stated that there is no evidence on the...
....3. Backdrop facts leading to the passing of impugned order are as follows.(a) Plaintiff filed suit for damages for defamation against the defendants who are the respondents...Court ought to have declined only the liberty to cross-examine DW-2 and should not have dismissed the suit of the plaintiff.6. On the other hand, contention of the learned Counsel for the...under:“35B. (1) If, on any date fixed for the hearing of a suit or for taking any step therein, a party to the suit—(a) fails to take the step which he was required by...