Defamation
1. Defamation affects one’s reputation. The object of the defamer is to badly affect the plaintiffs reputation.
2. Defamation includes insult.
3. There must be publication of a defamatory matter to a third party.
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4. There is no offence if the defamatory statement is communicated only to the person defamed.
5. A true statement of fact does not amount to defamation.
6. Sections 499 to 502 of I.P.C. define and explain the criminal nature and punishments for Defamation.
Insult
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1. The immediate effect of insult is provocation.
2. Insult may or may not include defamation.
3. It need not be published to a third party. The wrong-does may insult the plaintiff directly in the presence of third person or without presence of any persons. Publication is not the sine qua non of the offence.
4. It becomes an offence if the wrong-doer communicates insulting matter/statement or behaves only to the person insulted.
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5. It may be considered-as insult depending upon the circumstances.
6. Sections 504 and 509 of I.P.C. define and explain the criminal nature and punishments for Insult.