New Delhi, May 13 -- The Delhi High Court on Tuesday closed the defamation suit filed by Anjali Birla, daughter of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, against social media platforms regarding posts accusing her of clearing the UPSC exam in her first attempt through corrupt means.

The bench of Justice Jyoti Singh considered submissions from social media platform X, which reported that 12 of the 16 disputed posts had been voluntarily removed by their originators. At the same time, access to the remaining four had been restricted.

In its order, the court directed the removal of the remaining four posts and instructed X to remove any additional defamatory content brought to its attention by Birla. Furthermore, Google was ordered to delete a previou...