Mahua Moitra has approached the Delhi High Court seeking removal of alleged defamatory posts by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai. The Court questioned the credibility of Dubey’s claims and will hear the matter further on Friday.
New Delhi: Today, On Thursday, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra filed a fresh application in the Delhi High Court. The complaint is against alleged defamatory posts made about her on social media by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai.
Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora heard the matter briefly. This application is part of an ongoing legal fight where Moitra seeks protection of her reputation, which she claims has been harmed by false and defamatory content shared online.
The issue started when Jai Anant Dehadrai made a post on social media platform X (formerly Twitter), quoting a Facebook post by Dubey.
Dehadrai wrote:
“Bombshell development in the Lokpal case filed by Dr. Nishikant Dubey MP.”
His post contained a screenshot of Dubey’s Facebook post.
In that Facebook post, Dubey stated that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had filed a case with the Lokpal regarding Mahua Moitra’s alleged foreign bank accounts and related expenses.
He also claimed:
“I have received a ‘letter’ recently regarding the same.”
Representing Moitra in the court, Advocate Samudra Sarangi argued that Dehadrai’s tweet was misleading and based on a Facebook post that made serious and unsupported allegations.
Sarangi pointed out that Moitra had written to the Lokpal about Dubey’s social media post, asking for clarification. The Lokpal reportedly responded that no communication had been made to Dubey.
Sarangi requested the court to order a takedown of the posts, arguing they were damaging to Moitra’s image and reputation.
In response, Advocate Abhimanyu Bhandari appeared for Dubey. He claimed that Dubey’s post was based on a judgment by the Lokpal concerning a complaint he had filed against Moitra.
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However, Bhandari clarified that no new communication had been received by Dubey from the Lokpal or any other authority.
When the Court asked what Dubey meant by the “patra” (letter) mentioned in his post, Bhandari explained that Dubey receives a lot of information from people daily and that his post was mainly referring to the Lokpal judgment itself.
Justice Arora noted that, at first glance, the Lokpal document did not seem to support the serious allegations made by Dubey against Moitra.
The Court told Bhandari:
“Prima facie, this document does not support your allegations [against Moitra]. Until then, you please deactivate this [post].”
Bhandari replied that Dubey had the right to upload the Lokpal’s judgment on Twitter.
The judge agreed that while Dubey had the right to share the judgment, “he cannot draw inferences from the order.”
In a counterpoint, Bhandari also raised that Moitra has been calling Dubey ‘Pitbull’ in her social media posts.
He told the Court:
“Moitra has been continuously calling Dubey as ‘Pitbull’ in her social media posts which cannot be permitted.”
Justice Arora replied that if abusive language is being used by anyone online, the person affected can make a complaint to the respective social media platform and ask for the post to be removed.
The Court said:
“If anyone uses abusive language against someone, the aggrieved person can write to the concerned social media intermediary and the said post can be taken down.”
Later in the day, during the second session, Bhandari informed the Court that he could not contact Dubey since he was travelling.
Therefore, he asked for the matter to be heard the next day. The Court agreed and listed the matter for hearing on Friday.
This case continues to unfold as both parties present their sides before the Delhi High Court. The Court has made it clear that any public accusations must be backed by legal and factual evidence, and personal remarks or abusive comments are not acceptable on social media platforms.
Case Tile:
MAHUA MOITRA v. NISHIKANT DUBEY & ORS.
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