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Tuesday 5 January 2021

Bombay HC warns web portal of action for carrying offensive content by housing society members

The court passed an injunction against the defendants restraining them from defaming the plaintiff society and its managing committee members. The court also restrained the web portal from publishing any defamatory material against society.

The Bombay High Court recently held that a web portal, used by the members of the housing society to malign and abuse each other, was equally guilty of defamation as it did not stop the use of offensive words used by one group of members to criticize the opposite group. The court issued injunction order on use of the portal by  all members of the society in the city, and also asked the owner of the web portal to file a response through affidavits, failing which the HC would pass adverse orders Read More...





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