Does a negative review about the behavior of a particular staff or owner of a business become liable for defamation?
e.g. If I post a review on google about a guest house that "the owner Mr. XYZ is a very rude and insensible person. He is a fraud."
Can the owner sue me for defamation?
If your reviews or statements fall as under then he may initiate legal action against you for defamation
The laws of criminal defamation have been codified under Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code 1860 and to fall within the confines of this Section, a person must have made an imputation about another person with either an intention, knowledge, or reason to believe that such an imputation will harm the reputation of the person against whom such an imputation is made. This imputation could be either by words, signs or visible representations and they could either be made or published
