A Delhi court ordered NDTV journalist Gargi Rawat to pay ₹10,000 in damages to Abhijit Iyer-Mitra for liking a defamatory tweet falsely accusing him of rape.
The court ruled that Rawat’s act of liking the tweet constituted republication, making her liable for defamation, despite her defense of selective targeting.
The damages were reduced from Iyer-Mitra’s initial claim of ₹20 lakh due to mitigating factors, including his history of controversial online remarks.