LAWS(MPH)-1990-12-11

DAINIK BHASKAR Vs. MADHUSUDAN BHARGAVA

Decided On December 10, 1990
DAINIK BHASKAR Appellant
V/S
MADHUSUDAN BHARGAVA Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is defendants' appeal who are aggrieved by the judgment awarding damages against them in a defamation suit, indeed to plaintiff/respondent No. 1 only.

(2.) On 2-11-1972, in a local newspaper, Dainik Bhaskar, at page 6, Cols. 2 and 3, a news item was published which gave rise to the cause of action for the suit. The offensive statement is extracted in para 3 of the plaint and in para 4, it is stated that the extracted news item was false and baseless. Publication thereof had given mental pain and suffering to the two plaintiffs and they had been lowered in public estimation as they had been portrayed as persons belonging to abominable character and conduct.

(3.) The offensive statement is extracted below: -