Delhi HC directs ‘Ranting Gola’ to delete post about BJP’s Gaurav Bhatia over his TV appearance
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The Delhi High Court on Friday directed a social media account Ranting Gola to delete a post about advocate and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Gaurav Bhatia over his appearance on a television news show, which was widely shared online, Live Law reported.
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The matter is related to a defamation suit filed by Bhatia.
In September, the BJP leader had appeared on a News18 programme hosted by journalist Amish Devgan, during which a camera shot showed him wearing a kurta without pyjamas or pants. The video clip was widely shared on social media. Bhatia later said he had been wearing shorts.
On Friday, the bench told the social media user Shamita Yadav, whose account is named Ranting Gola, to takedown the post immediately, saying that it would cause prejudice to Bhatia if it remained on the social media platform X.
Bhatia had alleged that the account had uploaded a post on December 19 that allegedly showed wilful disobedience of an interim order passed in his defamation suit on September 25, according to the legal news outlet.
The counsel for Yadav told the court that her client was a content creator and was not affiliated with any political party. “My Twitter handle says that I am a comedian,” The Wire quoted the lawyer as saying, contending that the post was satirical and within the...