Reply to Defamation Notice
- Fee
- ₹3,499
- Turnaround
- 3-5 days
What this is
Reply to a defamation notice you have received for a post, message, review, article or statement, setting out why it is true, fair comment, privileged or not defamatory, or recording a correction or apology if you choose that, so the demand for a retraction and damages is answered on record. Our panel advocate drafts and signs the reply on letterhead and sends it by email and WhatsApp, with tracked speed post if you choose it.
What you get
A reply to the defamation notice, drafted, reviewed and signed by our panel advocate on letterhead, answering the allegations, asserting the defences available on your facts, and stating your position on takedown, retraction, apology and damages. Sent to the sender or their advocate by email and WhatsApp. Optional tracked speed post (+₹79) adds the dispatch receipt, tracking ID and delivery acknowledgement. Includes a short note on the civil suit and criminal complaint the sender may file, the time limits for each, and how the reply is used there.
How it works
- Upload the notice and the statementAll pages of the notice, and the post, message, article or recording it is about, with dates. We pre-fill the sender, the statement and the demands.
- Tell us the backgroundWhy you said it, what it is based on, and the history between you and the sender.
- Answer the advocate's questionsWhat proof you have that it is true, whether it was opinion or fact, who saw it, whether it is still up, and what you are willing to do.
- PayPay the fee. Tracked speed post is optional.
- Advocate drafts and signsOur panel advocate assesses the defences and the risk, drafts the reply and signs it on letterhead.
- Reply is sentThe reply goes to the sender by email and WhatsApp, and by speed post if chosen. You receive your copy and the next-steps note.
What to have ready
- Notice receivedAll pages, with proof of the date received.
- The statement complained ofScreenshot, post, article, message or recording transcript, with date and URL.
- Proof supporting the statement (if you have it)Documents, records, messages, orders.
- Background correspondence or case papers with the sender (if you have it)Any dispute, transaction or proceeding.
- Evidence of what others saw or replied (if you have it)Comments, shares, forwards.
- Platform or police communication (if you have it)If any complaint has been made.
What this is based on
- BNS 2023 (2023)
- Limitation Act 1963 (1963)
- common-law defences