After the passage of that time your civil action lies against the person. But you have to file suit for defamation within 2 months of publication. When 14 days mentioned in the notice complete, the plaintiff must file a suit for defamation in court. The format of the defamation suit is also provided below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only the District Court shall have the jurisdiction to try the cases under this ordinance says section 13<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Format of Suit For Defamation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Here is the reliable draft of the defamation suit for the purpose of the guideline. You can use that sample format of suit for defamation after making necessary changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IN THE COURT OF SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE, ISLAMABAD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the matter of:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SM son of AK r\/o H. No. ___, ______, Rawalpindi presently posted as ___ Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026Plaintiff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nVersus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nKAS son of ARS r\/o _______________________, Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026Defendant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSUIT FOR DEFAMATION AND RECOVERY OF RUPEES 41,00,000,\/- ON ACCOUNT OF DAMAGES FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nRespectfully Sheweth,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- That the plaintiff is posted as ______, Rawalpindi, and having an immaculate and spotless reputation in his career.<\/li>
- That the plaintiff as a law-abiding citizen and command great respect among the locality and in the eyes of relatives and friends as well as in the department.<\/li>
- That the defendant is an Flt. Steward in the Pakistan International Airlines and posted in Islamabad and whatever has been done by him mentioned below is due to misuse of his post \/ official position.<\/li>
- That the defendant malafide and for reasons not known has filed the following applications against the plaintiff for inquiries:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
- Application to CM Punjab on dated ___<\/li>
- E-mail to President Complaint Cell on dated ___<\/li>
- Application to Mr. Nawaz Sharif, Ex-Prime Minister.<\/li>
- Application before Overseas Pakistani Division, Islamabad in the month of___.<\/li>
- An application in open Kachahry of Inspector General of Police, Punjab Lahore held on ___.<\/li>
- Application before the officials of the Intelligence Bureau.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
- That in all the above-said applications, the defendant has leveled different allegations against the plaintiff.<\/li>
- That on the above-said applications, different responsible police officers probe and interrogated the matter and ultimately found the allegations false, frivolous, baseless, and concocted.<\/li>
- That on ______, in Daily Express, it was published that the plaintiff has tried to dispossess the defendant and is trying to snatch his house. This allegation was also baseless, however, the same is derogatory and published in a newspaper, having very high circulation in the country.<\/li>
- That due to the applications submitted by the defendant and publication of false, frivolous, and baseless news, without any basis and purely engineered on malice and the only purpose for submitting the above-referred applications, etc to involve the plaintiff without any legal justification. The interrogation upon the applications submitted by the defendant remained pending before the higher police forums and during this protected period the plaintiff remained under continuous mental torture, harassment, and fear.<\/li>
- That due to the malicious prosecution on the part of the defendant, the reputation of the plaintiff has been damaged in such that there could not be repaired. The credibility built by the plaintiff during the span of time was shattered due to the filing of the frivolous, fictitious, and concocted applications against the plaintiff. The defendant has also extended threats for dire consequences to the plaintiff.<\/li>
- That the defamatory statement by the defendant was having a tendency to injure the reputation of the plaintiff i.e. to lower him in the estimation of others and to bring him in obliquity contempt and ridicule and also injured his profession.<\/li>
- That the plaintiff was prosecuted on baseless criminal charges, the same was ended in favor of the plaintiff and all this was malicious without reasonable and probable cause.<\/li>
- That it would not be irrelevant to point out here that on the dispute between the plaintiff and defendant, a Jirga was convened in the office of local MNA, were in the presence of respectable of the vicinity, the defendant again not only leveled the baseless charges but also harassed, humiliate and passed defamatory remarks against the plaintiff.<\/li>
- That the plaintiff claim general and special damages on account of mental torture, agony, financial loss, and injury inflicted to his reputation, honor as well the detail of the same are mentioned as under:<\/li>
- General Damages <\/u><\/strong>
- Injury\/ loss to reputation as a person \u00a0 =\u00a0\u00a0 30,00,000\/-<\/strong><\/li>
- Mental torture and physical agony\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0=\u00a0\u00a0 Rs. 10,00,000\/-\u00a0<\/strong> <\/li><\/ol><\/li>
- Legal Assistance<\/u><\/strong>
- Legal assistance & General\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0=<\/strong> Rs.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 100,000\/-<\/strong> <\/li><\/ol><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n\n\n
GRAND TOTAL = 41,00,000,\/-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- That the plaintiff contacted the defendant and sent him a legal notice and demanded the above-referred amount as damages by the defendant against the plaintiff but the defendant flatly refused to accede to the legitimate and legal demand of the plaintiff, hence this suit.<\/li>
- That the cause of action firstly accrued on the submitting of false, frivolous, baseless, and concocted applications and publication of news and finally on the refusal of the defendant to pay the above-said amount as damages and is still continuing.<\/li>
- That the parties are residents of Rawalpindi, hence this Honorable Court has the jurisdiction to entertain the matter in hand.<\/li>
- That the value of the suit for the purposes of court fee and jurisdiction is fixed as Rs. 41 Lakh and the requisite court fee has been affixed on the plaint.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
In view of the above, it is most humbly prayed that the suit of the plaintiff for recovery of Rs. 41 Lakh as damages, may kindly be decreed in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendants with costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Any other relief, which this Honorable Court deems fit and proper may also be granted to the plaintiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plaintiff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThrough<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCounsel(s)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAdvocate High Court, <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nRawalpindi<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nCertified that the contents of the para No. 1 to 18 are true and correct and the remaining parts are also correct and true as per information received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plaintiff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nNote<\/strong>:-<\/p>\n\n\n\nNo suit, appeal, revision, etc is pending between the parties of the same nature in any competent court of law and this is the first suit for damages is being filed by this Honorable Court as per information received from my client<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Counsel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIN THE COURT OF SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE, ISLAMABAD.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nIn the matter of:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SM son of AK r\/o H. No. ___, ______, Rawalpindi presently posted as ___ Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026Plaintiff<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nVersus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nKAS son of ARS r\/o _______________________, Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2026Defendant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nSUIT FOR DEFAMATION AND RECOVERY OF RUPEES 41,00,000,\/- ON ACCOUNT OF DAMAGES FOR MALICIOUS PROSECUTION.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nAFFIDAVIT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nThat I, SM son of AK r\/o _____________ Rawalpindi presently posted as ___________, Rawalpindi do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That the contents of the above suit are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therefrom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deponent<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nVerified that the contents of the affidavit are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Deponent<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Suit for defamation lies where one person uses adverse, derogatory, or unpleasant feelings or opinions with the intention to injure reputation, to diminish the esteem, respect, goodwill, or confidence of the affected person. If any person acts in this way then the aggrieved person can file a suit for defamation incompetent court. For the help, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[137,189,209,371,418,610],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atmateen.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}