Supreme Court · 2010 INSC 325 · Decided 14 May 2010
Jeffrey J. Diermeier and ANR. v. State of West Bengal & ANR.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2010 INSC 325 · [2010] 7 S.C.R. 128
- Case number
- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. 1079/2010
- Decided
- 14 May 2010
- Bench
- D.K. JAIN, H.L. DATTU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Criminal
- Acts & sections cited
- IPC Section 499, 34; CrPC Section 482
Headnote
Penal Code, 1860: c s. 499 - Defamation - Meaning and Ingredients of - Held: The offence of defamation is the harm caused to reputation of a person - To constitute "defamation'', there must be an imputation and such imputation must have been made with the intention of harming or knowing or that it will harm the reputation of the person about whom it is made. s. 499, Tenth Exception - Charges of defamation - Ambit and scope of - Held: For invoking the aid of Tenth Exception to s.499 /PC, both "good faith" and "public good" E have to be established by the accused
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