India, Sept. 27 -- The Delhi high court, in an order passed on Thursday, observed that "sexually suggestive language" cannot be permitted "under the guise of free speech", while ordering the takedown of such obscene posts against BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia.

Bhatia was seeking an injunction against alleged defamatory content against him, which suggested that he had appeared in a recent TV debate in "just a kurta". The senior lawyer had said that he was dressed in "casual shorts" below the kurta, which was inadvertently caught on camera.

Justice Amit Bansal, however, did not grant an injunction overall but ordered the removal of posts from three social media handles. "Attacking the dignity of a person using obscene and sexually sugges...