NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has ordered Twitter user Anurag Srivastava to pay Rs 5 lakh in compensation to TV Today for posting defamatory tweets targeting the channel and journalist Rajdeep Sardesai following an interview with actress Rhea Chakraborty.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, in a September 3 order, observed that the tweets were “highly defamatory” and awarded Rs 5 lakh to TV Today to address the reputational harm caused by Srivastava’s posts.

“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 considered the overall circumstances, this Court deems it just and proper to award

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