Addressing the question of defamation in digital spaces in the context of the case, the court was of the view that merely expressing one's agreement to a post by a one liner may tantamount to agreeing to the expression made by the other members of the group/accused persons, however, the conversation in the WhatsApp group is required to be seen in its entirety, and has to see the context in which it is made, and also the purpose for which the Whatsapp group was formed.
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Patkar was sentenced to five months in jail and a fine of Rs 10 lakh was also imposed
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The bench of Justice Neena Bansal Krishna in an order passed on June 14, 2024, stated that "The irreparable loss and injury would be caused to the plaintiff/ Rajat Sharma if the videos and Tweets, etc as mentioned above, are allowed to be in the public domain, it would continue to cause harm to his reputation as a respectable Journalist which would cause irreparable harm to the plaintiff."
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The defamation complaint alleges that Gandhi has repeatedly defamed Savarkar over the years
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The Metropolitan Magistrate Raghav Sharma convicted Medha Patkar under Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code(IPC) and said it has been proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused/Medha Patkar published the imputations with the intent and knowledge that they would harm the reputation of the complainant
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