Legal Principle: Defamation means publication of a false and derogatory statement about another person without lawful justification.Factual Situation: A writes a defamatory letter to B containing defamatory remarks in reference of B in Urdu language. A is aware that B does not know Urdu. B goes to C who knows Urdu and the letter is read over by C to him. B sues A for defamation. (AILET 2013)Decision:

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