Apni Law Staff asked 2 years ago
Our family in Mumbai faced a difficult situation when the tenants above us installed a bathtub without any permission from the BMC or our building society. This caused a heavy leak, filling six buckets of water every three hours, which eventually led to our ceiling plaster collapsing and injuring my 82-year-old father. We filed a police complaint against the tenant. My 70-year-old mother, who had recently undergone eye surgery, politely asked the tenant’s wife to look into the leak, but she rudely slammed the door in her face. This angered me, and I shared a picture of the damage on my Facebook with a message about the “torture” inflicted on senior citizens by a teacher from a local school. Within two days, the leak was repaired, but the tenants retaliated by filing a police complaint against me under section 501.
Best Answer
Apni Law Staff answered 2 years ago
Under Section 501 of the Indian Penal Code, you could be charged with defamation for your Facebook post if it was false and caused damage to the tenant’s reputation. However, as you shared a picture of the damage caused by the leak and expressed frustration with their actions, it is debatable whether your post falls under defamation. The police will investigate the facts and decide whether your actions constitute an offense.
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