Khushi Thakur
Shri Nathmal Goenka Law College, Akola
Abstract
Defamation, at its core, protects an interest that predates the internet by centuries: a person’s reputation in the eyes of others. Section 499 of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code, and now Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (“BNS”), defines defamation as the making or publishing of any imputation concerning a person, by words, […]