JUDGMENT :

G. CHANDRASEKHARAN, J.

Prayer: Civil Revision Petition filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, to set aside the order and decreetal order dated 16.04.2021 in I.A. No. 3 of 2019 in O.S. No. 5281 of 2019 on the file of XVIII Additional Judge, City Civil Court, Chennai.

1. This Civil Revision Petition is filed against the order passed in I.A. No. 3 of 2019 in O.S. No. 5281 of 2019. This Interlocutory Application was filed by the petitioner under Order VII Rule 11 CPC for rejecting the plaint.

2. The respondents filed O.S. No. 5281 of 2019 claiming a sum of Rs. 1,00,00,000/- (Rupees one crore only) with interest at the rate of 18% per annum towards damages for the alleged defamatory mail sent by the petitioner to the respondents on 01.04.2014. Petitioner's contention is that the contents of the mail dated 01.04.2014 cannot be construed as defamatory entitling the respondents to file the suit. This email had neither been published nor circulated. There is no cause of action for filing the suit. The suit was not filed within the time and barred by limitation. The contents of the email dated 01.04.2014 is a mere statement neither circulated nor published. The petition