EPS can apply for removal of defamatory comments

JUSTICE R M T Teekaa Raman noted that social media platforms, instead of aiding people with positive data for human evolution and better living standards, now offer a "fertile ground" for the mushrooming of this tendency.

"Further, in modern times, social media platforms, for all their unquestionable and undeniable benefits coupled with their indispensability, come in a combo, with this kind of sordid sequelae," the judge said.

Referring to the claim of damages, the judge said the court takes note that reputation is an integral part of a man and it enables him to walk with his head held high. The bell cannot be unrung and hence compensation is to be awarded, he said.