{"id":268412,"date":"2022-06-15T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T05:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=268412"},"modified":"2022-06-14T18:45:01","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T13:15:01","slug":"mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Madras High Court:<\/span><\/b> B. Pugalendhi, J. cancelled the bail of a Youtuber who made derogatory remarks as against the former Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The facts of the case are such that Respondent 1 (R 1) is a YouTuber and he has made certain derogatory remarks as against the former Chief Minister of the State of Tamil Nadu. On the complaint lodged, a case was registered for the offence under Sections 153(A), 504 & 505 (i) (b) Penal Code, 1860 i.e., IPC r\/w Section 67 of the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 i.e., IT Act and he was also apprehended. R 1 filed an affidavit of undertaking stating that he has realized his mistake and that he will not indulge in any such activities in future and sought bail which was granted. Hence, an application was preferred for cancellation of bail by the State.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Counsel for respondent- accused submitted that not only the first respondent, but also several lakhs of people are promoting such kinds of activities and are getting substantial income from YouTube, depending upon the number of views but are not reported. YouTube is, in fact, encouraging these types of defamatory videos and depending upon the views, both YouTube as well as the channel holders are making money out of it.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Counsel for State submitted that as per Section 69A of IT Act, whenever a request for blocking the content is made by the Central Government or by its Authorized Officer, it is the duty of the intermediary to block the content for public access failing which it will punishable with an imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine. If the intermediaries acted as per Section 69A of the IT Act, then they are excepted from liability as per Section 79(3)(b) of IT Act.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The court appointed Amicus Curiae submitted that <\/span>the main lacuna in the Act is that there is no provision for license for the intermediaries. Intermediaries operating from abroad are also bound by the law of land.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The investigation agency submitted that in most of the cases the affected persons are not coming forward to lodge a complaint. On the other hand, whenever a request is made, the intermediaries insist on the FIR or the Court order.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It was also brought to the notice of the Court that there is a contract between the intermediaries and the channels. In case of any violation of the conditions, it is the duty of the intermediaries to remove or block the channel as per the terms of their agreement and to ascertain whether those videos are in accordance with their policies and guidelines and accordingly block the channels. If it is not blocked or removed even after it was brought to their expected knowledge, the intermediaries are committing the offence under Section 69A (3) of the Information Technology Act.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Court observed that the contents of the first appellant\u2019s video violate the terms and conditions of the intermediary and as such, the investigating agency ought to have brought the same to the knowledge of the intermediary. If the intermediary, even after bringing such violation to their knowledge, failed to remove the videos, then the investigating agency shall book them as well.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Court noted that from the records, it appears that the first respondent is in the habit of committing the offences with an intention to have more views so as to earn money from social media. Within a few days after submitting an undertaking affidavit before this Court, based on which he was enlarged on bail, he has indulged in further offence by making derogatory remarks as against the Hon’ble Chief Minister of the State.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Court thus held <\/span>\u201cThis Court is satisfied that it is a clear violation of the terms and conditions stipulated in the earlier orders and as such, this Court is inclined to cancel the earlier bail granted to the first respondent\u201d<\/span><\/i> [State v. A Duraimurugan Pandiyan Sattai, <\/span>2022 SCC OnLine Mad 2846<\/b><\/a>, decided on 07-06-2022]<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

Appearances<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Petitioner and R 2: Mr. T. Senthil Kumar<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For R.1: Mr N. Mohideen Basha<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Amicus Curiae: Mr. K. K. Ramakrishnan<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

*Arunima Bose, Editorial Assistant has reported this brief.<\/span><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J. cancelled the bail of a Youtuber who made derogatory remarks as against the former Chief Minister <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":261884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[3273,14261,49697,30990],"class_list":["post-268412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-Information_Technology","tag-penal-code","tag-social-media-intermediaries","tag-youtube"],"yoast_head":"\nMad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber | SCC Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J. cancelled the bail of a Youtuber who made derogatory remarks as against the former Chief Minister\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SCC Times\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-06-15T05:30:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1331\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"888\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Prachi Bhardwaj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/\",\"name\":\"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber | SCC Times\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-06-15T05:30:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg\",\"width\":1331,\"height\":888,\"caption\":\"Madras High Court\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"SCC Times\",\"description\":\"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942\",\"name\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Prachi Bhardwaj\"},\"description\":\"Senior Associate Editor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber | SCC Times","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber","og_description":"Madras High Court: B. Pugalendhi, J. cancelled the bail of a Youtuber who made derogatory remarks as against the former Chief Minister","og_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/","og_site_name":"SCC Times","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scc.online\/","article_published_time":"2022-06-15T05:30:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1331,"height":888,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Prachi Bhardwaj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Prachi Bhardwaj","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/","name":"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber | SCC Times","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg","datePublished":"2022-06-15T05:30:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg","width":1331,"height":888,"caption":"Madras High Court"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/06\/15\/mad-hc-pulls-up-on-social-media-intermediaries-regarding-blocking-channels-in-case-of-policy-violation-cancels-bail-granted-to-a-youtuber\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mad HC pulls up on social media intermediaries regarding blocking channels in case of policy violation; Cancels bail granted to a Youtuber"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/","name":"SCC Times","description":"Bringing you the Best Analytical Legal News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/de579aff4bc6dd24b68d6d472ac92942","name":"Prachi Bhardwaj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Prachi-Image2-150x150.png","caption":"Prachi Bhardwaj"},"description":"Senior Associate Editor","url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/author\/editor_3\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":319713,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/04\/08\/supreme-court-restores-bail-youtuber-sattai-duraimurugan-accused-derogatory-speech-against-cm-mk-stalin\/","url_meta":{"origin":268412,"position":0},"title":"Supreme Court restores YouTuber Sattai Duraimurugan\u2019s bail in 2021 derogatory speech against Chief Minister MK Stalin case","author":"Apoorva","date":"April 8, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In 2021 Madras High Court granted bail to Sattai. Later, a Division Bench of High Court cancelled the bail. However, in 2022, the Supreme Court granted interim bail to him, and he has been out on bail since then.","rel":"","context":"In "Hot Off The Press"","block_context":{"text":"Hot Off The Press","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/news\/hot_off_the_press\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sattai Duraimurugan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sattai-Duraimurugan.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sattai-Duraimurugan.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sattai-Duraimurugan.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Sattai-Duraimurugan.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":294954,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/19\/madras-hc-imposes-1-lakh-cost-on-savukku-in-senthil-balaji-defamation-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":268412,"position":1},"title":"[Senthil Balaji Defamation case] Madras High Court directs YouTuber Savukku to pay Rs. 1 Lakhs to TNSLSA","author":"Apoorva","date":"June 19, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Madras High Court directed Savukku to file an affidavit of undertaking, that in future he shall guard himself against violating any orders passed by any Court, or even make any comments which may impinge the majesty of the Courts.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"madras high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":272203,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2022\/08\/24\/no-one-has-right-to-disparage-the-reputation-of-another-madras-high-court-restrains-youtuber-savukku-sankar-from-making-defamatory-remarks-against-tn-minister-v-senthil-balaji\/","url_meta":{"origin":268412,"position":2},"title":"‘No one has right to disparage the reputation of another’; Madras High Court restrains YouTuber Savukku Sankar from making defamatory remarks against TN Minister V Senthil Balaji","author":"Editor","date":"August 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Madras High Court: Krishnan Ramasamy, J. has granted interim injunction against YouTuber Savukku Sankar, restraining him from making defamatory remarks against Electricity Minister Senthil Balaji, and has observed that, Sankar prima facie, appears to have indulged in slander having posted various videos and tweets in social media platforms\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madras High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Madras-HC.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":298066,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/07\/30\/madras-high-court-refuses-quash-criminal-proceedings-s-ve-sheker-derogatory-comment-women-journalists\/","url_meta":{"origin":268412,"position":3},"title":"Read why Madras HC refused to quash criminal proceedings against actor and politician S.Ve Shekher for forwarding derogatory and vulgar comment against women journalists","author":"Apoorva","date":"July 30, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"We are now suffering from a virtual information diarrhoea where everyone is bombarded with messages. Hence, what is exchanged as a message on social media can have a very big influence within a short time. That is the reason as to why a person must exercise social responsibility while creating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"madras high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/madras-high-court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":294369,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2023\/06\/12\/gujarat-hc-denies-bail-to-man-who-made-derogatory-posts-against-pm-modi-legal-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":268412,"position":4},"title":"\u2018Being an Indian citizen, he made all attempts to destabilize peace in the society by making derogatory posts against PM Modi\u2019; Gujarat HC denies bail","author":"Editor","date":"June 12, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The Court said that a person may like or dislike any person, but it does not mean that he may start using derogatory and abusive language for the Prime Minister of the Country and his late mother.","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"gujarat high court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gujarat-high-court-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gujarat-high-court-1.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gujarat-high-court-1.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/gujarat-high-court-1.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":317341,"url":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2024\/03\/16\/madras-high-court-directs-youtuber-pay-50-lakhs-sevabharathi-defamatory-allegations\/","url_meta":{"origin":268412,"position":5},"title":"\u2018Law does not give absolute license to YouTubers to spoil reputation of others\u2019; Madras HC directs YouTuber to pay Rs. 50 Lakhs to Sevabharathi for defamatory allegations","author":"Apoorva","date":"March 16, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cMerely, under the pretext of freedom of expression, one cannot make interview intruding the privacy of others, the Law does not give such absolute license to the Youtubers and the social media to spoil the reputation of others.\u201d","rel":"","context":"In "Case Briefs"","block_context":{"text":"Case Briefs","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/category\/casebriefs\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Madras High Court","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Madras-High-Court.webp?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}