SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J.
PRELUDE
1.
The sheer magnanimity of reputational injury caused by
posting defamatory content against a person who holds his reputation
dear to him, which may often be dismissed as a mere tweet or
retweet, has been urged to be examined, persuading this Court to
adjudicate this critical issue since now the Cyber World turns
Whispers into Symphony.
2.
In today‟s digital age, the dynamics of law change, as
exemplified by the present case, where this Court has been posed
with a situation where reputational harm has been alleged by the
complainant by a repost in cyberspace. In this evolving digital age,
physical damage to someone‟s reputation is not the only possibility
but it is the cyber world which now has taken over the real world,
where if any defamatory statement is made, the effect of reputational
harm is amplified. In the realm of defamation, statements made in
the physical world may resemble a mere whisper, but when
echoed in the cyber domain, the impact magnifies exponentially.
3.
The issue before this Court through the present petition is one
which requires this Court to lay down certain principles based on
jurisprudence of defamation, in the light of the evolution of
cyberspace, and its extensive usage as a means to damage the
reputation of someone. The Court is posed with a situation where an
alleged defamatory content has been posted by an original author,
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Digitally Signed
By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN
Signing Date:05.02.2024
16:25:50
CRL.M.C. 6347/2019
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