Abstract
On 26th April 2011, the Pune District Court held that Times Global Broadcasting Co. Ltd was liable for defaming Justice Sawant, a former chairman of the Press Council of India and a former Judge of the Supreme Court. The 6th Joint Civil Judge Senior Division Smt. V K Deshmukh, further awarded the plaintiff damages to the tune of Rupees hundred crores (£12.5 million). The judgement and the quantum of damages have been met with heavy criticism from various circles of the media.This paper attempts to analyze the reasoning of the Pune Court from a neutral standpoint and demonstrate how the judgement was not in conformance with established jurisprudence of tortuous liability. The paper is divided into two parts, the first dealing with liability of Times Global Broadcasting and the second dealing with the quantum of damages awarded.
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