In an interim order passed on August 8, Justice Vikas Mahajan ordered six news channels and a bunch of social media handles to take down the allegations as well.
The Court ruled that the allegations were mere rumours and could potentially affect the dignity of a woman as well as Reddy.
“The plaintiff is stated to be a sitting member of Rajya Sabha and the heedless allegations of the nature noted above not only bring his name into disrepute, but have the potential of adversely affecting his political career and reputation carefully built over the years,” the Court said.
The Court said that if the news platforms fail to take down the content, Reddy can approach social media intermediaries Google, Twitter and Facebook for removal of the videos/articles.
“Under these circumstances, it is deemed appropriate to direct the defendant nos. 1 to 6 to take down/remove/restrict access/block the URLs of the below mentioned YouTube videos, posts on Google, videos on Facebook as well as posts on ‘X’, which contain defamatory statements against the plaintiff within a period of 10 days,” the Bench ordered.
Source: Barandbench
