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Asteroid TV (a famous news channel in India) was broadcasting a reality show in which debate was going on regarding corruption in judiciary. In the same time they showed pictures of some judges with their name below their pictures that these are the judges who are charged with different offences. Mistakenly, one of the pictures flashed was of an innocent judge. However, the name was correctly depicted of the accused judge. After 15 seconds they removed the picture. Later on they sent a personal apology letter to the judge whose picture was wrongly flashed and the judge accepted the same but demanded an apology in news channel which was refused. A suit for defamation was instituted.
Asteroid TV is liable because all conditions of defamation are met.
Asteroid TV is not liable because it was an innocent mistake duly corrected within seconds and for which a personal apology had been tendered.
Asteroid TV is not liable because they have given apology letter which was accepted by the judge.
Asteroid TV is not liable because they had stated the truth because even though the picture was of a wrong person, but the name and description was that of the person actually accused.
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The facts concern the extent of publication in a 15 second flash. By reasonable standards, 15 seconds are enough to defame a person in the eyes of the viewers by flashing pictures. Every viewer may not read the entire description when a picture is sufficient to denote the identity of the person concerned. Hence the correct option is a.
