Section 499 defamation

Thre is no provision in CR.PC. u/s 499  for the value of valuation . Other expert in this forum may throw light on it and I will be obliged to add in my knowledge.

Adv. Sandeep Naik 

Mob : 9967056980

Defamation is both a criminakl offence as well as a civil wrong. In civil cases you seek damages on account of breach of societal obligations as commiting defamation goves rise to tortious liability. Hence the damages are accountable to the person who commits the wrong.

In criminal cases, you seek prosecution and punsihment of the person who has committed the defamation. In addition to that you may also seek compensation u/s 357 CrPC.

If you want to know the basis on which damages are calculated , read sections 12 and 55 of the Indian Evidence Act. ALso read the difference between general and special damages.

Augustine Chatterjee

Advocate & Solicitor at Law

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Dear learned members thanks for your guidance. As far as I understood that the person claiming defamation cases will have to give evidence in monetary terms that his reputation is damaged say for eg. of Rs.10 crores but how will he substantiate this 10 crores. Can you please guide me through any case laws where the courts have guided regarding the logic or basis of valuing a reputation etc. in case of defamation.

Thanks and regards