Congress Leaders Ordered To Delete Social Media Posts Against Rajat Sharma

Journalist Rajat Sharma moved a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Congress leaders on Saturday and sought direction for immediate takedown of the posts on X and YouTube videos.

The Delhi High Court has directed the Congress leaders Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh, Pawan Khera and social media platforms to remove the tweets/ videos alleging that veteran journalist Rajat Sharma used abusive language during a live show on the day of Lok Sabha election results.

Journalist Rajat Sharma moved a defamation suit in the Delhi High Court against Congress leaders on Saturday and sought direction for immediate takedown of the posts on X and YouTube videos posted by them.

The bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna in an order passed on June 14, 2024, stated that "The irreparable loss and injury would be caused to the plaintiff/ Rajat Sharma if the videos and Tweets, etc as mentioned above, are allowed to be in the public domain, it would continue to cause harm to his reputation as a respectable Journalist which would cause irreparable harm to the plaintiff."