In an interim order in Nirmaljit Singh Narula v Indijobs at Hubpages.com, Delhi High Court ordered a website to remove defamatory content and directed it to divulge the identity of a blogger who wrote the content in question.
The closely watched dispute relates to issues such as liability of intermediaries and jurisdiction of websites, and relies extensively on new regulations that follow on from the passing of the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011.
The dispute between Narula – a preacher commonly known as Nirmal Baba – and Hubpages.com centred on an allegedly false and defamatory article about him that was hosted on the website, which was written by a blogger registered under the name Indijobs. Narula filed a suit for mandatory injunction and damages against the website and the blogger after he sent the website a cease and desist notice, which it resisted.
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