Freedom Of Speech and Expression Is Sacrosant, But Reputation Of Person Cannot Be Sacrificed At The Altar Of Such Freedom: Delhi High Court Slams The Wire

Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar gets relief from Delhi High Court. The court granted the interim injunction and directed "The Wire" to take down the defamatory article published with punctured facts. The court, while passing the order, noted that the attempt of the Wire to draw a nexus between the beneficiary and son was farfetched and said that Further, the court directed the media house to take down the article within 48 hours and related posts/tweets from X formerly Twitter. The court has directed Twitter to take down the posts/tweets in case of compliance failure.