https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280287 A plea that a defamation complaint is protected by the Ninth Exception to Section 499 IPC cannot ordinarily be accepted at the stage of recording plea when good faith and public good remain disputed questions of fact. Because good faith under Section 52 IPC requires due care and attention, and the public-good element must be established on evidence, a court should not pre-judge the defence on a preliminary record. Where the publication is defamatory on its face and the factual foundation for the exception has not been proved, the matter must proceed to trial before the Magistrate rather than be quashed at the threshold. en-us Fri, 01 May 1981 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 29 Apr 2019 17:07:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280287 A plea that a defamation complaint is protected by the Ninth Exception to Section 499 IPC cannot ordinarily be accepted at the stage of recording plea when good faith and public good remain disputed questions of fact. Because good faith under Section 52 IPC requires due care and attention, and the public-good element must be established on evidence, a court should not pre-judge the defence on a preliminary record. Where the publication is defamatory on its face and the factual foundation for the exception has not been proved, the matter must proceed to trial before the Magistrate rather than be quashed at the threshold. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 01 May 1981 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=280287