Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has ordered the deletion of social media posts trolling jewellery brand Malabar Gold and Diamonds Ltd for appointing a Pakistani-origin, London-based influencer to endorse their brand in the UK.
The posts allegedly called the jewellery brand a “sympathiser of Pakistan”.
A bench of Justice Sandeep Marne in its order passed on Monday said a case was made out for the grant of an ad-interim injunction and ordered the posts to be deleted.
The court said social media platforms shall also not permit the publishing of any further defamatory material against the company pertaining to the appointment of the influencer to promote its products and business.
Malabar Gold and Diamonds Ltd had moved HC against several posts/ materials and stories uploaded on social