The HC restrained a senior TN BJP functionary CTR Nirmal Kumar from making any defamatory statements against Minister V Senthil Balaji.
BJP IT Wing's Nirmal Kumar. (Supplied)
The Madras High Court on Thursday, 17 November, restrained a senior Tamil Nadu BJP functionary from making any defamatory tweets/statements against State Electricity Minister V Senthil Balaji.
Justice CV Karthikeyan granted the injunction while passing interim orders on an application arising out of a civil suit by Balaji, which, besides seeking an order to gag CTR Nirmal Kumar, secretary of Tamil Nadu BJP IT Wing, also demanded payment of ₹2 crore towards damages.
Earlier, the petitioner’s senior advocate P Wilson submitted Kumar was running a smear campaign against Balaji for the past several months by continuously making wild, false, and defamatory statements against him due to political reasons.
The intention was to defame and tarnish his personal and professional reputation.
Kumar was not engaging in any constructive criticism or political opposition but is only defaming through vexatious and slanderous allegations without any basis.
No material evidence has been disclosed for his defamation campaign during the last six months.
In fact, even when a legal notice was issued to cease and desist, instead of giving an explanation/justification for the accusations, Kumar tweeted about the notice too with further false and defamatory statements, Wilson contended.
After observing that a prima facie case is made out, the judge granted the interim injunction.
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