https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275476 Defamatory words spoken by counsel in the course of a pending judicial proceeding were held to be absolutely privileged and therefore not actionable in a civil suit for damages. The Court applied the English common law rule of absolute privilege in India to words spoken by judges, counsel, attorneys, witnesses and parties in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, where the statements were relevant to the conduct of the cause, even if alleged to be malicious or defamatory. It further held that Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code does not displace this civil immunity. The alleged statements were thus protected and no civil claim for damages lay. en-us Fri, 19 Nov 1965 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:04:28 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275476 Defamatory words spoken by counsel in the course of a pending judicial proceeding were held to be absolutely privileged and therefore not actionable in a civil suit for damages. The Court applied the English common law rule of absolute privilege in India to words spoken by judges, counsel, attorneys, witnesses and parties in the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, where the statements were relevant to the conduct of the cause, even if alleged to be malicious or defamatory. It further held that Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code does not displace this civil immunity. The alleged statements were thus protected and no civil claim for damages lay. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 19 Nov 1965 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275476