Delhi HC Directs Twitter To Take Down Defamatory Tweets Against India Today & Rajdeep Sardesai In Connection With Rhea Interview[Read Order]
Live LawSince social media platforms are accessed by a large number of persons of various ages, it is expected of users to display sobriety and common courtesies to those towards whom the comments are directed, the Delhi High Court remarked in an order directing Twitter to take down defamatory tweets against India Today Group and Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai.Living Media India Limited and Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai had approached the High Court against Rakesh Krishnan Thiyya aggrieved by his defamatory and/or derogatory tweets against them. It was contended that reputation of the employees of India Today Group, like Rajdeep Sardesai, is inextricably linked with the goodwill and business interests. Rakesh Krishnan had also tweeted about 'killing of the story regarding one, Mr. Sumit Mukherjee; the fudging of circulation figures concerning the India Today magazine; falsely extolling the virtues of a book authored by one, Mr. Raj Chengappa, titled "Weapons of Peace: Secret Story of India's Quest to Be a Nuclear Power". Rakesh Krishnan has also been injuncted from uploading, hereafter, derogatory and/or defamatory statements, articles, comments, passages and such like material qua India Today Group and Rajdeep Sardesai till further orders.