DR.

RAM MANOHARLOHI
YANATIONALLAW UNI
VERSI
TY,
LUCKNOW

DRAFTI
NGOFPLEADI
NGSANDCONVEYANCI
NG

SYNOPSI
S

TOPI
C:PLAI
NT&LEGALNOTI
CEI
NCASEOFCI
VIL

DEFAMATI
ON

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1
Dr
.Shakunt
alaSangam Ay
ushAr
ora

Assi
stantPr
ofessor(
LAW) VISemest
er

B.
A.LLB.(
Hons.
)
Sect
ion-
A
190101045

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 1)I
NTRODUCTI
ON:
-
Eachmanhasar ighttohavehisr eputati
onsaf eguardeduntouched.This
pri
vil
egeofr eputationisr
ecognizedasanat uralindi
vidualri
ghtofeach
i
ndivi
dual.Thepr ojectistogiv
eanext ensiv
ei deaaboutt heof fenseof
defamati
on; i
t’
scivilandcr
imi
nalliabil
it
ies,andultimatelyadraftsampleof
pl
aintagainstcl
aimsofdefamationhasbeenpr ovi
ded.

2)DEFAMATI
ONANDI
T’SJURI
SPRUDENCE
Theof f
enseofdef amat
ionhasbeenmadepuni ti
vei nci
vi
landwel las
cri
minal law avenues. Whil
e i
n tortl aw, vi
cti
m i s appr
opri
ately
compensated by means of monit
ory damages;IPC S.499 decl
ar es
defamati
on to be a cri
minalof
fense,and provi
des forupto-2y ear
i
mpr i
sonment.

ESSENTI
ALSOFDEFAMATI
ON
Thef
oll
owi
ngar
etheessent
ial
sofdef
amat
ion:
-

i
) St
atementmusthav
ebeenmade;

i
i
) I
tmustbedef
amat
ory
;

i
i
i) TheSt
atementmustr
efert
othepl
aint
if
f;&

i
v) Thest
atementmusthav
ebeenpubl
i
shed.

3)LEGALNOTI
CEFORDEFAMATI
ON
Theproj
ectthendescendsi
ntocomposingoflegalnoti
cet
obeadvanced
tothedefendant
.Thepr oj
ectshal
lventur
eintof or
mulat
ionofamock
not
ice.

Al
egalnot
icef
ordef
amat
ion,
consi
stst
heseessent
ialpoi
nts

 Name,descr
ipt
ion,andpl
aceofr
esi
denceoft
her
eci
pientoft
he
not
ice.

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  Name,
descr
ipt
ion,
andpl
aceofr
esi
denceoft
hesenderoft
henot
ice.
 Det
ail
soft
hecauseofact
ion.
 Ther
eli
efcl
aimedbyt
hesenderoft
henot
ice.
 Thedet
ail
eddescr
ipt
ionoft
hei
nci
dentwhi
chr
aisedt
hecauseof
act
ion.
 Thespeci
fi
cti
mef
ramewi
thi
nwhi
cht
her
eli
efneedst
obepr
ovi
ded.
4)PLAI
NTFORDEFAMATI
ON:
-
Thepr
ojectshal
lrestwi
thdr
aft
ingamockpl
aintf
orci
vi
lsui
tofdef
amat
ion.

Essent
ial
sofapl
aint
:-

Or
derVI
I,Rul
e1oft
heCodeofCi
vi
lPr
ocedur
e,1908di
rect
sthatt
hepl
aint
shal
lcont
aint
hef
oll
owi
ngpar
ti
cul
ars:
(
a)t
henameoft
hecour
tinwhi
cht
heSui
tisbr
ought
;

(
b)t
hename,
descr
ipt
ionandpl
aceofr
esi
denceoft
hepl
aint
if
f;

(
c)t
hename,
descr
ipt
ionandpl
aceofr
esi
denceoft
hedef
endant
,sof
aras
t
heycanbeascer
tai
ned;

(
d)wher
ethepl
aint
if
fort
hedef
endanti
sami
nororaper
sonofunsound
mi
nd,
ast
atementt
othataf
fect
;

(
e)t
hef
act
sconst
it
uti
ngt
hecauseofact
ionandwheni
tar
ose;

(
f)t
hef
act
sshowi
ngt
hatt
hecour
thasj
uri
sdi
cti
on;

(
g)t
her
eli
efwhi
cht
hepl
aint
if
fcl
aims;

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(
h)wher
ethepl
aint
if
fhasal
l
owedasetof
forr
eli
nqui
shedapor
ti
onofhi
s
cl
aimt
heamountsoal
l
owedorr
eli
nqui
shed;
and

(
i)ast
atementoft
hev
alueoft
hesubj
ectmat
teroft
hesui
tfort
he
pur
posesofj
uri
sdi
cti
onandofcour
tfees,
sof
arast
hecaseadmi
ts.

5)CONCLUSI
ON:
-

Reput
ati
oni
sanassett
oeachandev
eryone.Anydamaget
osuchassetcanbel
egal
l
y
deal
twi
th.Def
amat
ionl
awshav
ebeenenact
edt
opr
eventper
sonmal
i
ciousl
yusi
ng
t
hei
rri
ghtt
ofr
eedom ofspeechandexpr
essi
on.TheI
ndi
anl
aw hasr
ight
lynotmade
anydi
sti
nct
ionbet
weenl
i
belandsl
ander
.Ot
her
wiset
her
ecoul
dhav
ebeenchancesf
or
commi
tt
ingsl
anderandescapi
ngf
rom t
hel
awst
hatt
her
eisnowr
it
tenpubl
i
cat
ionof
mat
ter
.

Dr
aft
ingadef
amat
ioncl
aimi
snotst
rai
ght
-f
orwar
d.I
nmostcl
aims,t
he 
plai
nti
ff
 wi
l
l
wantt
osetoutt
hef
act
suponwhi
chhi
sorhercl
aimi
sbasedi
nlaw;
essent
ial
l
y,ar
oad
mapf
ort
hej
udge,i
fthecour
ttakest
heal
l
egat
ionsasf
actat
 t
ri
al,t
ogr
antt
her
eli
ef
bei
ngcl
aimed.