NEW DELHI: At a time when social media is being misused for posting and circulating fake and defamatory messages, Supreme Court sent a clear signal that one has to pay the price for indulging in such activity and directed ex-chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU), Firoz Bakht Ahmed , to publish an unconditional apology in "bold letters" on first page of a newspaper and pay Rs 1 lakh to a professor of the university for calling him a " sex predator " in a Facebook post which was widely shared.
Disapproving his conduct of making baseless accusation against Prof Ehtesham Ahmad Khan who filed a criminal defamation case against him, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra said he, before making such wild allegations, ought to have thought about the consequences of the same.
Disapproving his conduct of making baseless accusation against Prof Ehtesham Ahmad Khan who filed a criminal defamation case against him, a bench of Justices B R Gavai and Prashant Kumar Mishra said he, before making such wild allegations, ought to have thought about the consequences of the same.
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