High Court Restrains Tamil Nadu BJP IT Wing Head From Making Defamatory Remarks Against DMK Minister Senthil Balaji
The Madras High Court has recently restrained the head of Tamil Nadu BJP IT Wing, CTR Nirmal Kumar from making any defamatory remarks, statements or tweets against DMK Minister Senthil Balaji.The interim orders were passed by a bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan on a plea by Senthil Balaji.In his plea, Balaji submitted that the defendant, was habitually offending the Minister due to...
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The Madras High Court has recently restrained the head of Tamil Nadu BJP IT Wing, CTR Nirmal Kumar from making any defamatory remarks, statements or tweets against DMK Minister Senthil Balaji.
The interim orders were passed by a bench of Justice CV Karthikeyan on a plea by Senthil Balaji.
In his plea, Balaji submitted that the defendant, was habitually offending the Minister due to political differences, through tweets and other interviews. He also submitted that the allegations did not have any backing as there was no evidence to support the claims. The defendant was thus making vexatious and slanderous allegations without any basis, Balaji said.
It was also submitted that when a cease and desist notice was issued to Nirmal Kumar, instead of replying to the same, he further went on to spread baseless allegations against the Minister.
Senior Advocate P Wilson, appearing for the Minister said that Kumar was also raising allegations of corruption against the Minister in public. These sort of misinformation to thousands of people would tarnish the image of Balaji.
Case Title: V Senthil Balaji v Nirmal Kumar and others
Citation: 2022 LiveLaw (Mad) 469
Case No: OA 731 of 2022