Mumbai: Bombay High Court has directed X Corp to remove a video against Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd and its CEO Adar Poonawalla that was uploaded by a social media influencer Yohan Tengra immediately after its June 5, 2023 order.
2 (Poonawalla) ‘a mass murderer’.
Justice Godse said it is undisputed that the objectionable content is still available with X. Citing a Supreme Court judgment, she said even if an intermediary is exempt from liability for third-party information, necessary directions can be issued to remove the unlawful or prohibited content. Tengra uploaded the fresh video not only in blatant defiance of HC’s injunction order “but he also states that he will not comply with the directions of the court and that he would not stop calling plaintiff no. The judge noted there were no directions to X to remove the objectionable content and, thus, it cannot be held liable for the objectionable content not removed by the five defendants or for the new content uploaded by Tengra.