“Truth is considered to be the best vindication against slander … yet, truth lacks the potency to restore the reputation that one loses in the eyes of a society which is always quick to judge.”
These were the forewords of the Delhi high court’s order pronounced on Friday in the 21-year-old defamation case filed by a former army officer – who was awarded “Severe Displeasure…unbecoming of an army officer”, following news magazine Tehelka’s investigative report, which painted him as corrupt.
