February 17, 2021

In the eyes of law, husband and wife are one person and the communication of a defamatory matter from the husband to the wife or vice versa is no publication. In T.J. Ponnen V. M.C. Verghese, the question which had arisen was whether a letter from the husband to the wife containing defamatory matter concerning

Defamation is injury to the reputation of a person. a person injures the reputation of another, he does so at his own risk, as in the case of an interference with the property. A man’s reputation is his property, and if possible, more valuable, than other property. Libel and Slander English Law : Mainly because