Tag: defamation

  • Putting expression behind bars!

    By Vaishali Mahlyan, University Institute of Law and Management Studies. The concept of Criminal Defamation is a hot piece of cake in front of the Supreme Court. To get an insight, we need to know, “what defamation is?” Defamation is derived from a Latin word ‘Diffamare’ which means ‘spreading evil report about someone’. It causes damage to…

  • Malicious Prosecution

    By Sudipta Bhowmick, KIIT School of Law, Bhubaneswar. Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. –Confucious According to Jurist Blackstones “every man is entitled to have his reputation preserved inviolate”. A man’s reputation is his sacred property. Reputation depends on opinion, and opinion is the main basis of communication of thoughts and Information…

  • Criminal Defamation: Need for a paradigm shift

    By Anjali Rawat, RMLNLU, Lucknow. Defamation generally can be defined as publication of a statement which lowers or deteriorates the reputation of an individual in the eyes of the society which results in bad treatment of that individual by the members of society in ways such as avoiding or shunning. Defamation is of two types-…