Google and X Corp (formerly Twitter) have been ordered by the Delhi High Court to remove claims made on behalf of Birla, Daughter of the Speaker of Indian People’s House via her father. It is alleged that she passed UPSC exam at the first attempt because of her father’s influence. The court gave them 24 hours to deal with the temporary order and restricted any anonymous party from making defamatory allegations in relation to this.
A defamation suit has been filed by IRPS officer Anjali Birla in Delhi High Court praying for deletion social networks posts with false information created Spread about her.
The posts that were a subject to this litigation are defamatory, according to Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate appearing for the plaintiff. The lawsuit accuses many individuals sharing distorted truths leading to defamatory statements made with an intent to harm reputation and office of complainants. In other words, that will suffice as a ground for making out a cause of action in this case.
According to the lawsuit, some people are smearing plaintiffs’ professional reputations without any proof or truth just for creating chaos around the current administration and targeting plaintiffs themselves.
This claim also aims at stopping defendants from misusing as well as damaging reputation of plaintiff family members including her Om Birlath Lok Sabha who was 18th Speaker of India. They contend they deliberately published false and malicious material that could damage their character.
Through a proxy, Anjali Birla recently lodged FIR before Maharashtra Cyber Cell Inspector General of Police against several Twitter account holders and others for offences under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and Punishable Offences, Chapters Information”. On July 5th 2024, Maharashtra Cyber Cell arrested x corp and more other persons.
