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Can you be sued for defamation for supporting colleague’s complaint?

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Judgment dated of the High Court of Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad, in Criminal Application No.1484 of 2009 of Sow. Chandrajyoti Arun Muley and others   Vs.  Parshuram Kondiba Kamble and another

 Respondent No.1 was working as Head of the Music Department in the Government College, Aurangabad.   One lady professor of the said department made a complaint to the Principal against the respondent no.1.  Along with the complaint, the present applicants also gave representation to the Principal on the conduct of the respondent no.1 and in support of the lady Professor.

 The respondent no.1 sent the legal notice to the applicants that they have committed defamation and filed the criminal complaint.

 Explanation 8 to Section 499 of the IPC provides and protects the representation made in good faith to the authorized person does not come under the definition of “defamation”.   Therefore, the representation made by the applicants to the Principal of the College i.e. the person authorized to receive complaints.  Therefore, the complaint of defamation is abuse of process of law and quashed.

 

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