https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275477 Statements made by parties, counsel and witnesses in the course of judicial proceedings are protected by absolute privilege in civil defamation law when they have reference to the enquiry. The privilege rests on public policy and is not lost merely because the words are alleged to be defamatory, made with motive, or not strictly necessary or absolutely relevant. Only statements wholly outside the matter in hand fall outside the protection. Applying this rule, the impugned statements were held to be privileged, the civil suit for damages was not maintainable, and the dismissal of the suit was upheld. en-us Mon, 17 Jun 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 04 Oct 2018 17:08:17 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275477 Statements made by parties, counsel and witnesses in the course of judicial proceedings are protected by absolute privilege in civil defamation law when they have reference to the enquiry. The privilege rests on public policy and is not lost merely because the words are alleged to be defamatory, made with motive, or not strictly necessary or absolutely relevant. Only statements wholly outside the matter in hand fall outside the protection. Applying this rule, the impugned statements were held to be privileged, the civil suit for damages was not maintainable, and the dismissal of the suit was upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Jun 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=275477