Torts Rough Draft

  PROPOSAL

RESEARCH

TOPIC :- DEFAMATION OF A CLASS OF PERSONS, COMPANY AND CORPORATIONS CORPORATIONS (SUBMITTED ROUGH DRAFT IN THE PARTIAL FULFILLME FULFILLMENT NT OF THE SUBJECT ‘LAW OF TORTS’)

SUBMITTED TO:SUBMITTED SUBMIT TED BY:BY:SUSHMITA SINGH HIMANSHU AGGARWAL

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  NO:-141

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COURSE:- BBA-LLB

INTRODUCTIONAny intentional false communication, either written or spoken, that harms a pers on's reputation;decreases the respect, regard, or confidence in which a person is held; or induces disparaging,hostile, or disagreeable opinions or feelings against a person is known as defamation.  To win a defamation case, a plaintiff must show four things: 1) A false statement purporting to be fact;  ) !ublication or communication co mmunication of that statement to a third person; ") #ault; $) %amages %amages,, or some harm caused to the person or entity who is the sub&ect of the statement.  nder common law, law, to constitute defamation, a claim must generally be false and ha(e been made to someone other than the person defamed. ome common law &urisdictions law  &urisdictions also distinguish between spoken defamation, called slander, and defamation in other media such as printed words or images, called libel. The act of  making  making untrue statements about another which damages his*her reput ation. If  thedefamatory  thedefamatory statement is printed or broadcast o(er the media it is lib el and, if only oral, it Isslander. !ublic figures, including officeholders and cand idates ha(e to show that the defamationwas made with malicious intent and was not &ust fair comment.

OBJECTI!ES:•

 To  To understand the meaning and denition of defamation

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 Types  Types of Defamation  To  To familiarize with the historical background  To  To study defamation against persons, company and corporations  To  To study case laws of defamation

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:•

this pro&e pro&ect ct,, the the resea researc rche herr has has DOCTRINAL DOCTRINAL RESOURCES RESOURCES::- +n this relied on the ‘Doctrinal which is primarily primarily based based upon upon books, books, ‘Doctrinal Method’ , which news, articles etc. A comprehensi(e study is made in order to arri(e at analytical  critical support of the arguments. The segments are structured and written acti(ely. The writing style is descripti(e as well as analytical. This pro&ect has been done after a thorough thorough research based upon intrinsic intrinsic and e-trinsic aspect of the assigned topic.

CHAPTERISATION:1" INTROD INTRODUCT UCTION ION #" HISTORICA HISTORICAL L BAC$GROUND BAC$GROUND %" TYPES OF DEFAMA DEFAMATION TION %"1 %"1 CI!I CI!IL L DEFAM DEFAMA ATION TION %"# %"# CRIM CRIMIN INAL AL DEF DEFAMA AMATION TION 4" DEFENCE FOR DEFAMA DEFAMATION TION &" DEFAMA DEFAMATION TION AGAINST DIFFERENT CLASS CLASS OF THINGS '" CASE CASE LAWS LAWS " CASE STUDY STUDY " CONCLUSION CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION SUGGESTION

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LAW OF TORTS BY *R$ BANGIA+ LAW OF TORTS T ORTS BY *RATANL *RATANLAL AL AND AN D DHIRAJ DH IRAJLAL LAL+   legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ defamation   www.law.cornell.edu/wex/ defamation