NOTICE BY ADVOCATE CLAIMING DAMAGES FOR DEFAMATION

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Date ............................

TO,

Shri ..........................

Editor and Publisher

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Dear Sir,

Under instructions from my client Shri A, etc. of ..................... I hereby

state as under:

1. In your newspaper ....................... of the ............ 19 ...... you have

published an article .......................... in which you have made the

following defamatory remarks about the said Shri A.

(a)

(b)

(c)
 (d)

2. The said Shri ....................... is a respectable man of the society.

3. The remarks made in the newspaper about the said Shri ................

are false, baseless, highly defamatory of the said

Shri ...................... and made with the intention to defame the said

Shri ..................... and the said Shri ....................... has suffered in

his reputation and has been lowered in the estimation of his friends

and the general public.

4. I hereby give you notice to pay a sum of Rs. ....................... to the

said Shri A as damages and publish an unqualified apology

prominently in your newspaper within ....................... days from the

receipt of this notice.

I hereby give you notice that if you fail to comply with this notice, I will

initiate legal proceedings either to prosecute you in a criminal court for

defamation or to sue you for damages.

Yours faithfully,

Sd-

Advocate