Published on : 26 Sep 2025, 5:46 am 2 min read

The Delhi High Court has awarded ₹5 lakh as compensation to be paid to TV Today for defamatory tweets against the channel and journalist Rajdeep Saredesai after an interview featuring actress Rhea Chakraborty was aired on the channel [ TV Today Network v. Anurag Srivastava and anr ].

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav ruled that the tweets were highly defamatory and that ₹5 lakh has to be awarded as compensation to TV Today to address the reputational harm caused by such tweets.

"The Court finds that the objectionable tweets were highly defamatory and remain unsubstantiated by the defendant, despite having been afforded sufficient opportunity to do so Such an irresponsible act of the defendant has to be deprecated ... Having co

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