Unit 3 of Law of Torts, Motor Accident Claims and Consumer Protection (syllabus: Defamation). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.
What this unit covers
- What must a claimant prove to make out defamation?
- Does the English divide between libel and slander apply in India?
- Truth and fair comment: the defences that answer the words themselves
- When does the occasion itself protect the speaker?
Treat that list as a self-test: recite each topic's rule from memory before you open its cases.
Leading cases
- Sim v Stretch (1936)
- D.P. Choudhary v Manjulata (AIR 1997 Raj 170)
- Tushar Kanti Ghosh v Bina Bhowmick (1953) 57 CWN 378
- Rustom K. Karanjia v K.M.D. Thackersey (AIR 1970 Bom 424)