Question

PRINCIPLE An unlawful action is sufficient to establish an actionable claim under the law of torts and the court need not go into the motivations behind such unlawful action.

FACTS Z, a reporter, had approached A, a famous politician, several times for an interview. Z knew that A was having an affair with his secretary. Frustrated and vengeful, z ran a cover story about the affair disclosing all the information and evidence of the affair. A in tum sued Z for defamation, stating the action was based on vendetta and malice on account of his refusal to give Z an interview. The suit against Z shall

विकल्प

• succeed as the action of Z was unlawful

• not succeed as the action of Z was lawful

• succeed as the action of Z was malicious

• not succeed as the action of Z was not malicious

Answer 1

not succeed as the action of Z was lawful