OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN TWO PUBLIC SERVANTS WITHOUT IT BEING REFERRED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS NOT DEFAMATION: KARNATAKA HIGH COURT The admitted fact that no sanction is sought or granted by the Competent Authority to prosecute the petitioner for offences punishable under Sections 499 and 500 of the IPC and the fact that the communication being purely official between two people, the contents of it, in the considered view of this Court, would not attract the ingredients of Section 499 of the IPC, as it cannot be held to be defamatory. Reddy & amp; Reddy is renowned for its experience in litigation. We have successfully represented our clients in civil, commercial and criminal litigation proceedings before the relevant Indian courts.