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The Delhi High Court connected Monday (June 8, 2026) directed societal media platforms to region definite allegedly contemptuous contented targeting a sitting justice successful narration to the collapse of a multi-storey gathering successful Saidulajab, New Delhi past month.
"Remove everything forthwith," a abrogation Bench of Justices Neena Bansal Krishna and Madhi Jain said portion dealing with a plea by the Delhi High Court Bar Association (DHCBA) seeking transgression contempt enactment against societal media idiosyncratic Dr. Kapil Kakar for his "scandalous" videos holding the sitting High Court justice liable for the incidental which claimed six lives.
DHCBA president elder advocator N. Hariharan informed that Kakar uploaded videos connected societal media platforms successful which helium made contemptous allegations against the judge, who allegedly earlier heard a lawsuit regarding the amerciable operation successful the building. Asserting that it was "not a tiny matter", the seat questioned wherefore the societal media platforms had not removed the videos connected their own. "There should beryllium immoderate responsibility. Once you get to cognize astir thing truthful absurd, wherefore don't you region them? Once it comes to your notice, wherefore can't you bash it connected your own," the tribunal asked the societal media platforms. "This is not 1 case. This is happening daily," it further said.
The counsel appearing for Meta, Google and LinkedIn assured the tribunal that the videos would beryllium taken down arsenic per its directions. Even arsenic the DHCBA asserted that harm had already been done by the offending content, the tribunal remarked, "This is not genuine information. Public representation is short. This is lone to scandalise." The DHCBA besides prayed that too removing the videos, the societal media relationship for the alleged contemnor should besides beryllium blocked. The tribunal said it would walk an bid successful the matter.
