Notice claiming Damages for Defamation by Shiva.

Notice claiming Damages for Defamation

To

The Editor & Publisher of . . . . . . . . . .

Whereas in your paper ‘‘The . . . . . . . . . .’’ of the . . . . . . 20. . . you have published an article headed ‘‘Jobbery in the Education Department’’ in which you have made the following defamatory remarks about my client Shri . . . . . . . . . ., Director of Education of . . . . . . . . . .

(a)

(b)

(c)

AND whereas these remarks are highly defamatory of my said client who has on account of them suffered in his reputation and has been lowered in the estimation of his friends and the general public. I have been instructed by the said Mr . . . . . . . . . . to demand of you, which I hereby do, within . . . . . . . . . . days from the receipt of this notice, a sum of Rs . . . . . . . . . . as damages and an unqualified apology duly and prominently published in ‘‘The . . . . . . . . . .’’.

Please take notice that in default of your compliance with this notice legal action will be taken either to prosecute you for defamation in a criminal court or to sue you for damages as my aforesaid client may be advised.

Dated . . . . . . . . . .                                     ?Sd. X. Y.

Advocate for

Mr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .