{"id":185887,"date":"2006-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shanmugam-vs-senkol-mary-on-24-november-2006"},"modified":"2015-10-30T20:47:32","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T15:17:32","slug":"shanmugam-vs-senkol-mary-on-24-november-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/shanmugam-vs-senkol-mary-on-24-november-2006","title":{"rendered":"Shanmugam vs Senkol Mary on 24 November, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Shanmugam vs Senkol Mary on 24 November, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH  OF MADRAS HIGH COURT\n\n\nDATED : 24\/11\/2006\n\n\nCORAM:\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G. RAJASURIA\n\n\nA.S.No.1342 of 1989\n\n\nShanmugam\t\t\t... \tAppellant\n\n\nVs.\n\n\nSenkol Mary\t\t\t... \tRespondent\n\n\n\tAppeal against the Judgment and decree of the leaned Subordinate Judge,\nDindigul and passed in O.S.No.73\/86 dated 09.01.1989.\n\n\n!For Appellant \t\t: Mr.K.Srinivasan\n\n\t\t\n^For Respondent\t \t: No Appearance\n\n\n:JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p>\tThis appeal is directed as against the Judgment and decree dated<br \/>\n09.01.1989, passed by the learned Subordinate Judge, Dindigul, in O.S.No.73\/86<br \/>\ndated 09.01.1989, which was filed by the plaintiff for compensation as against<br \/>\nthe defendant for  defamation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t 2. A resume of facts absolutely necessary for the disposal of this appeal<br \/>\nwould run thus;\n<\/p>\n<p>\tThe plaintiff being a lady filed a suit for damage on the ground that she<br \/>\nwas defamed by the defendant by threatening her that he would show her naked<br \/>\nphotos to others and thereby he demanded money from the plaintiff.  It so<br \/>\nhappened that the defendant gave her some liquid and made her unconscious and<br \/>\nduring that time he raped her and took photograph of her naked body; and thereby<br \/>\nwhen she sent legal notice through her advocate on 06.09.1985, demanding such<br \/>\nphotos should be returned back to her and also the blank papers in which her<br \/>\nsignatures were obtained. The defendant gave a reply dated 08.09.1985, denying<br \/>\nany such photos in his possession.  But he made defamatory allegations as though<br \/>\nshe was a lady of immoral character and she had intercourse with merchants,<br \/>\nsurveyors and whomsoever wanted to sleep with her.  He also referred her as a<br \/>\ncall  girl.  As such by his reply notice defamed her  reputation.  She sent<br \/>\nanother legal notice calling upon him to apologize for his defamatory statement.<br \/>\nBut he refused to respond positively.  Hence, she filed the suit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t3. Per contra, the defendant denied the allegations and contended that he<br \/>\ndid not rape her and took photos of naked body; the defendant did not threaten<br \/>\nher as alleged by her;  the defendant did not instruct his advocate to issue any<br \/>\nsuch reply notice and he was not aware of the contents  of the said reply<br \/>\nnotice; but, On the other hand the defendant had settled the dispute as per<br \/>\ndocument dated 18.09.1985 and both sides signed in it. Accordingly, he prayed<br \/>\nfor the dismissal of the suit.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t4. Based on the above pleadings, the trial Court framed as many as three<br \/>\nissues.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t5. During trial, the plaintiff examined herself as P.W1 along with P.Ws 2<br \/>\nto 5. The defendant examined  himself as DW.1 along with D.Ws 2 to 5.  Exs. A1<br \/>\nto A9 were marked.  Ex.B1 to B14 were marked. The trial Court ultimately awarded<br \/>\ndamages in favour of the plaintiff to the tune of Rs.10,000\/-\n<\/p>\n<p>\t6. Being aggrieved by the said judgment and decree of the trial Court, the<br \/>\nappellant preferred this appeal mainly on the following grounds.<br \/>\n\t(1) The trial court failed to consider the contradictory versions among<br \/>\nthe deposition of P.Ws 1 to 4.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(2) The trial Court failed to consider Exs.B4 to B10 and B14 in proper<br \/>\nperspective.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(3) The plaintiff owes lot of money to the defendant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(4) The trial Court ought to have accepted the compromise arrived at the<br \/>\nPanchayat as in Ex.B1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(5) The dispute between the plaintiff and the defendant came to an end on<br \/>\nexecuting Ex.B1.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(6) The trial Court failed to hold that the plaintiff hss not proved her<br \/>\nallegation of rape and the naked photos having been taken by the defendant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(7) No evidence was adduced before the trail Court that the defendant<br \/>\nallegedly extracted money from the plaintiff and that the photos were shown to<br \/>\nthe third parties.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t7. Accordingly he prayed for the dismissal of the suit after setting aside<br \/>\nthe judgment and decree of the trial Court.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t8. The Points for consideration:\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(1) Whether the defendant defamed the respondent\/plaintiff by making<br \/>\nfalse allegations about her and also showing her naked photos to various<br \/>\npersons?\n<\/p>\n<p>\t(2) Whether there is any infirmity in the Judgment and decree of the trial<br \/>\nCourt?\n<\/p>\n<p>\t9. A perusal of the Judgment of the trial Court at para No.6, would show<br \/>\nthat the lower Court has given a specific finding that the defendant took photos<br \/>\nof the plaintiff, while she was naked and that D.W1 went to the extent of<br \/>\nstating that such taking out naked photos and showing it to others would not<br \/>\namount to defaming her.  The trial Court very correctly passed remarks as<br \/>\nagainst such plea of the defendant and also about the mentality of D.W1.  The<br \/>\ntrial Court also considering the evidence of P.W2, gave its finding that the<br \/>\ndefendant through P.W2 demanded the photos from D.W.3, and at that time P.W.2<br \/>\nalso saw such naked photos, wherein the plaintiff and defendant were found<br \/>\nfigured.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t10. Ex.B1 is an agreement, which was written between the plaintiff and her<br \/>\nhusband on the one side and the defendant on the other side and in that<br \/>\nagreement itself it is found stated as follows:\n<\/p>\n<p>\t&#8220;I ghh;l;o II ghh;l;oahUf;nfh II tJ ghh;l;o I ghh;l;oahUf;nfh ehsJ njjp<br \/>\nKjy; ve;jtpjkhd KiwapYk; gzk; bfhLf;f ntz;oajpy;iy. nkw;go ghh;l;o<br \/>\nxUtUf;FbfhUth; ve;jtpjkhd eiffSk; xUtUf;bfhUth; bfhLf;f ntz;oajpajpy;iy.   I tJ<br \/>\nghh;l;oapy; 2tJ egUk; II tJ ghh;l;oa[k; nrh;e;J clYwt[ bfhs;Sk; bghGJ vLj;jg;<br \/>\nnghl;nlhf;fs; cga ghh;l;ofSld; vJt[kpy;iy. clYwt[ itj;jg;bghGJ ve;j rk;ke;jKk;<br \/>\ngpd; bjhlh;r;rp cgaghh;l;ofsplk; ,dpnky; ,y;iy.  mtuth; ,\\;lk;nghy; jdpj;jdpna<br \/>\ntpyfp ,Ue;Jbfhs;s ntz;oaJ ,J tp\\akhf cgaghh;l;ofs; ve;j eltof;ifa[k; vLf;ff;<br \/>\nTlhJ&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\t11. It is therefore crystal clear from the above narration that in Ex.B1<br \/>\nit is stated that the defendant had illicit intimacy with the plaintiff  and<br \/>\nthat such photos of illicit relationship created problems for her.  In that<br \/>\nconnection alone, the plaintiff issued Ex.A1,  for which, the defendant issued<br \/>\nEx.A2, contending defamatory statement about her.  There is nothing to show that<br \/>\nthe defendant had no knowledge about the contents of Ex.A2.  If really, Ex.A2<br \/>\nwas issued by the defendant&#8217;s Lawyer, without his instruction, he ought to have<br \/>\ntaken action against the Advocate, by approaching the Bar Council, but no such<br \/>\nsteps were taken by the defendant.  Ex.A4 is  the reply notice, to Ex.A3 which<br \/>\nis the notice given by the plaintiff calling upon the defendant to pay necessary<br \/>\ncompensation to her in the form of maintenance to her and to her children. The<br \/>\nprevious notice as contained in Ex.A2 has been referred to therein.  PW5, the<br \/>\nAdvocate, who issued both the notices also deposed before the Court confirming<br \/>\nthe issuance of such notices as in Exs.A2 and A4; he would categorically state<br \/>\nthat he issued such notices only on the instructions of the defendant.  During<br \/>\ncross examination also there is nothing to show that P.W5 on his own accord set<br \/>\nout the facts and averments in Ex.A2, the reply notice. It is therefore clear<br \/>\nthat only as an after thought on the part of the defendant, by weaving ropes of<br \/>\nsand, took pleas quite antithetical to what he has committed himself in Black<br \/>\nand white.  In the written statement, the defendant did not invoke the plea of<br \/>\njustification of truth but he would totally deny the fact of he having sent any<br \/>\nsuch defamatory reply and he would also deny the allegations as against him.<br \/>\nBut the plaintiff positively by examining herself as P.W.1 and also by examining<br \/>\nthe other witnesses on her side proved that the defendant indulged in the acts<br \/>\nso as to defame her.  P.Ws.3 &amp; 4 also would support the case of the plaintiff by<br \/>\ndeposing that they had seen the said obscene photos.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t12. The trial Court at Para No.8 of its Judgment, clearly dealt with the<br \/>\nevidence of P.Ws.2 and 5 and correctly arrived at the conclusion that there took<br \/>\nplace a Panchayat and at that time only Ex.B1 emerged.  However P.W1 would state<br \/>\nthat things did not takes place as per Ex.B1.  The evidence of D.W4 was<br \/>\ncorrectly discarded by the trial Court as it contains contradictory versions; he<br \/>\nwould state that the plaintiff came to his place and stayed in his house four<br \/>\ntimes and that he did not permit any other outsider to stay there.  The trial<br \/>\nCourt therefore held that the evidence of P.W.4 was not reliable for holding<br \/>\nthat P.W1 was in the habit of staying with other males.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t13. In view of the evidence available on record as against the defendant<br \/>\nthat the defendant after instructing his advocate P.W5, to give defamatory reply<br \/>\nhad chosen to resile from it by putting forth barefaced lie as though he did not<br \/>\ninstruct P.W5, and that he indulged in vilification campaign as against the<br \/>\nplaintiff by showing the said photos to others, the defendant is squarely liable<br \/>\nfor defamation and accordingly, the trial Court correctly held him liable to pay<br \/>\ndamages.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t14. The trial Court awarded only a sum of Rs.10,000\/- as damages which, in<br \/>\nmy view, is a moderate sum by any standard and nothing has been highlighted as<br \/>\nto how it can be termed as excessive. Hence, in these circumstances, this point<br \/>\nis decided accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t15. In view of the reasons given for deciding the above said point, the<br \/>\nappeal is liable to be dismissed and accordingly it is dismissed, by confirming<br \/>\nthe Judgment and decree passed by the learned Subordinate Judge, Dindigul, in<br \/>\nO.S.No.73\/86 dated. 09.01.1989.  However,  in the circumstances of the case,<br \/>\nthere is no order as to costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>Mpk<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>The Subordinate Judge,<br \/>\nDindigul.\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court Shanmugam vs Senkol Mary on 24 November, 2006 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 24\/11\/2006 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G. RAJASURIA A.S.No.1342 of 1989 Shanmugam &#8230; Appellant Vs. 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