JUDGMENT

John Woodroffe, J. - This is a suit for defamation against a Pleader. The defamation is alleged to have taken place during the course of the defence to an action brought for rent. It is alleged in the plaint that the plaintiff, who is a lady, was described as a cheat, It is alleged the defendant had said that that she had forged papers fraudulently, that she was a rogue, etc., and that the defendant "expressed wrath and contempt towards the plaintiff by making various accusations against her."

2. In the defence to the suit the defendant stated that these allegations were not true and that he merely commented upon certain Exhibits, Nos. P and Q, after reading them and that he did not use the expressions alleged by the plaintiff. Farther, the defendant Lays that he never used the expressions "Badmash," etc. The case in which the defamation is said to have occured was tried in the Court of the Munsif who made a note at the time of the incident and stated in his evidence that he remembered one expression only, namely, that "(she) forged documents by means of fraud." This is also recorded in order 51 of the order sheet on the 8th May 1917. The learned Subordinate Judge, who has t