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Defamation and Mental Torture Civil Suit


30-Dec-2023 (In Civil Law)
I was attacked by an education institute and they disturbed my family as well. They threatened my family that if I file a case against them they will file false cases. They have filed a false civil case in court of Defamation and Mental Torture against me and their agreements of settlement are 2: With a temporary and permanent injunction, I must never email or call or contact any of the faculty members by any means whatsoever. That I must unconditionally apologize as their ex-student or else fight the case for an X amount. This is what is mentioned in the civil suit. What if I apologize and state that I will never contact any of their faculties? Can they still drag the case to harass me, or the case will get withdrawn by the nature of settlement mentioned? Ronak.
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Answer #1
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Whatever settlement they want to arrive at with you, it must be before the court. Out-of-Court Settlement is quite risky. They want to dictate their own terms and conditions but what is the guarantee that they will not drag this case after getting a Written Assurance from your end? As such, you should play a give and take policy by telling them that in such a Settlement Contract/Agreement, you will put terms and conditions from your end too, in which, one of the terms and conditions will be to withdraw the case as soon as you heed to their conditions & on not doing so, such settlement document will be produced before the court.
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Answer #2
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If the parties enter into consent terms after settling the terms, the same is filed in the Court. Once the parties file the same is Court,the Suit stands withdrawn. They cannot file against you for the same cause of action. They cannot harass you after settlement.
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