https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=413238 A private defamation complaint is maintainable only when the complainant is legally affected and the ingredients of defamation are disclosed. Here, the complaint alleged defamatory statements against a political party and its leader, but no supporting material or authorization was produced, so the statutory basis for proceeding under Section 199(6) CrPC was absent. The record also showed summons issued with reference to Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, indicating non-application of mind at cognizance. For want of maintainability and patent procedural irregularity, the complaint and proceedings were quashed. en-us Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 06 Oct 2021 22:09:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=413238 A private defamation complaint is maintainable only when the complainant is legally affected and the ingredients of defamation are disclosed. Here, the complaint alleged defamatory statements against a political party and its leader, but no supporting material or authorization was produced, so the statutory basis for proceeding under Section 199(6) CrPC was absent. The record also showed summons issued with reference to Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, indicating non-application of mind at cognizance. For want of maintainability and patent procedural irregularity, the complaint and proceedings were quashed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=413238