Jul 23, 2024 03:14 PM IST
Anjali Birla, daughter of Om Birla, filed a defamation suit in the Delhi HC to remove social media posts that allege she passed UPSC due to her father.
Anjali Birla, an Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS) officer and the daughter of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla filed a defamation suit in the Delhi high court against social media posts that alleged she had passed the UPSC civil services exam due to her father’s influence, reported PTI.
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In her defamation suit, Anjali Birla has sought the removal of all social media posts that allegedly claim her clearing the UPSC exam in first attempt only because her father is the Lok Sabha speaker.
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The plea was mentioned for urgent listing by Anjali’s counsel Rajiv Nayar. The case was heard on Tuesday by Justice Navin Chawla of the Delhi high court.
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In the suit, Anjali Birla, contended that various social media accounts and their posts were spreading misleading and defamatory information. She also alleged that dissemination of these allegations with no basis in truth, was meant to damage her reputation and standing through false narratives.
The suit, states that based on these assertions, the plaintiff, Anjali Birla believes the lawsuit will succeed.
Unnamed sources told news agency ANI, that people posting false claims about Birla were targeting her as a means of creating controversy for the present government.
The suit also wants to prevent the defendants from tarnishing the reputation of Speaker Om Birla.
The defendants in the case are Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Google Inc, X Corp (formerly Twitter) and John Doe (unnamed party).
Birla filed the case, through her representative, before the Inspector General of Police, Cyber Cell, Maharashtra, against several X account holders and others for offences punishable under sections 61, 78, 318, 351, 352, 356 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (2023) along with section 66(C) of the amended Information Technology Act (2008).
An FIR was also registered on July 5, 2024 under sections 78,79,318(2), 352, 356(2), 353(2) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Act (2023) along with section 66 (C) of the amended Information Technology Act (2008) against the defendants by Maharashtra’s cyber cell.
(with inputs from ANI)
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