Kerala High Court Directs Removal Of Offensive Facebook Post Of Ex-Judge Against Asianet News Editor
1 year, 1 month ago

Kerala High Court Directs Removal Of Offensive Facebook Post Of Ex-Judge Against Asianet News Editor

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court yesterday ordered the removal of the offending Facebook post made by former sub-court judge S Sudeep against the Executive Editor of Asianet News Network Sindhu Sooryakumar. admitted the case and passed an interim order directing the State Police authorities and Meta Platforms Inc to remove and to prevent further circulation of the Facebook post. “Respondents 1 to 3 will take such steps to ensure that the post in question is removed forthwith and also prevent any further circulation of the said post and a compliance report in that regard shall be filed before this Court on or before 23/11/2023.” The Court passed the above interim order in a writ petition filed by Mrs Sooryakumar for the removal of the impugned Facebook post against her. The petitioner thus sought the removal of the Facebook post from all social media platforms of Sudeep as an interim relief.

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