Person intended to file suit for damages as she was defamed so is civil defamation is enough or not

gopinadh (Querist) 03 February 2013 This query is : Resolved
respected seniors,

the one person had defamed by the other person, he is relative to her, she want to file defamation suit against him for damages of her reputation. so, in this context, i would like to ask your good office whether civil defamation is enough or not? if so how much of amount to sue against defandant? may clarify.

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Sudhir Kumar, Advocate (Expert) 03 February 2013
has the suit been decided

Devajyoti Barman (Expert) 03 February 2013
Both civil and criminal defamation lies. Choose any of the two.

V R SHROFF (Expert) 03 February 2013
Both courts can entertain and decide defamation of lady.

R.K Nanda (Expert) 03 February 2013
civil suit for defamation is enough.

amount depends on the gravity of defamatory

remarks.

ajay sethi (Expert) 03 February 2013
you will ned up spending lot of money on legal fees .in addition suit for damages takes 20 years to be disposed of atleast in mumbai . is it worth it ?

Raj Kumar Makkad (Expert) 03 February 2013
Civil defamation is maintainable though the petitioner shall have to pay court fee as per claim of the case.

V R SHROFF (Expert) 03 February 2013
Agreed with Shri Raj & Ajay,

Though discouraging, its are hard fact.
So one have to drop idea of civil defamation

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