Delhi High Court Slaps ₹1 lakh Costs on LawSikho For Filing Defamation Case Over Critical Tweets
- Case Name: Addictive Learning Technology Limited & Anr V. Aditya Garg & Ors.
- Judge(s): Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora
- Advocate(s): Raghav Awasthi, Himanshu Bhushan
The Delhi High Court fined LawSikho ₹1 lakh for filing a defamation case against four people who criticized its law courses on X (Twitter).
LawSikho claimed the tweets could harm its business and affect its stock value.
The defendants argued their comments were fair opinions.
The court noted that Lawsikho did not approach the court with clean hands and ruled that social media posts may be disparaging but cannot be defamatory since it is a casual medium.
Since LawSikho didn’t follow the rules under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, the court dismissed the petition.
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