"Fair Criticism Is To Criticise Act & Not Individual": Delhi HC Refuses To Stay Order Directing Mint Newspaper To Take Down Article Against Gaurav Taneja

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay a single judge order directing Mint Newspaper to take down an article published by it against Youtuber Gaurav Taneja, popularly known as 'Flying Beast' which made defamatory statements against him.A division bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, while dealing with an appeal by HT Media, which owns Mint, observed that just and fair criticism. The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay a single judge order directing Mint Newspaper to take down an article published by it against Youtuber Gaurav Taneja, popularly known as 'Flying Beast' which made defamatory statements against him. A division bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, while dealing with an appeal by HT Media, which owns Mint, observed that just and fair criticism is to criticise the action and not the individual, while also expressing displeasure with the reference to Taneja's child in the said article. 'Vicious Character Attacks Not Journalistic Freedom' : Delhi High Court Directs Mint To Take Down Article Against Gaurav Taneja Case Title: HT MEDIA LIMITED v. KAIRAVIVIEW PVT.