The Delhi High Court has directed the meaww.com to take down articles from the internet at it entirety allegedly defaming Daniel Snyder, NFL Football team owner.
A single judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta while hearing the plea through video conferencing passed an order in the favour of plaintiff allowing the interim relief.
The petition has been filed by the owner of NFL’s Washington Football Team, Daniel Snyder seeking prosecution for contempt against the website meaww.com that had published defamatory articles against him.
The counsel appearing for the plaintiff submitted that although the impugned articles have been removed from the website, however, the same are still available over the internet and may be found by a simple search leading to a continuation of defamation.
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Snyder has urged the court to issue directions asking the website to release the information with respect to the persons who had uploaded the impugned articles/posts on the platform and disclose the sources from where the information forming part of the impugned articles/posts has been procured by the defendants.
According to the Plaintiff, he has gained preliminary knowledge that the defendants are acting in collusion and connivance with certain entities that solicit clients on social media by promoting the services of the defendants, and the defendants place stories on its website in exchange for monetary benefits. They have therefore adopted the said mode of operation in the instant case, by floating the impugned articles on the internet with a view to malign and tarnish the reputation and image of the Plaintiff across the globe.