The Delhi High Court, with Justice Subramonium Prasad presiding, heard a suit filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha seeking action against fabricated and malicious social‑media posts. The court said there is a thin line between political criticism, defamation and personality rights.

The alleged posts suggested that Chadha had “sold himself away for money” and had switched political allegiances. Senior advocate Rajiv Nayar argued that multiple posts contained profane content that was gravely prejudicial to Chadha’s reputation and personality rights. Nayar sought an interim order for takedown of the content, but the court declined and reserved its verdict on interim relief. The judge questioned whether a public figure could be overly sensitive to social‑media criticism.

The court referred to precedent in the Shashi Tharoor case, where the court protected the personality rights of Congress leaders because of his distinctive style of speech and demeanour (according to The Hindu).

In a separate filing, cricketer Abhishek Sharma filed a suit against unauthorised online use of his likeness (according to Times of India).

The matter was adjourned for further hearing on July 9 (according to Times of India).