NOTICE BY ADVOCATE CLAIMING DAMAGES FOR DEFAMATION

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Date ............................

TO,
Shri

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Editor and Publisher

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Dear Sir,

Under instructions from my client Shri A, etc. of ..................... I hereby

state as under:

1. In your newspaper ....................... of the ............ 19 ...... you have

published an article .......................... in which you have made the
following defamatory remarks about the said Shri A.
(a)
(b)
(c)

(d)

2. The said Shri ....................... is a respectable man of the society.

3. The remarks made in the newspaper about the said Shri ................
are

false,

baseless,

highly

defamatory

of

the

said

Shri ...................... and made with the intention to defame the said
Shri ..................... and the said Shri ....................... has suffered in
his reputation and has been lowered in the estimation of his friends
and the general public.

4. I hereby give you notice to pay a sum of Rs. ....................... to the

said Shri A as damages and publish an unqualified apology
prominently in your newspaper within ....................... days from the
receipt of this notice.

I hereby give you notice that if you fail to comply with this notice, I will
initiate legal proceedings either to prosecute you in a criminal court for
defamation or to sue you for damages.

Yours faithfully,
SdAdvocate