India, May 13 -- The Bombay high court has directed two YouTubers to take down six videos which allegedly defamed the state water resources minister and senior BJP leader Girish Mahajan. The court has also restrained the duo from uploading any content related to Mahajan which could be defamatory in nature.

The single judge bench of justice Arif Doctor was hearing a defamation suit filed by Mahajan, which alleged that YouTubers Anil Thatte and Shyam Giri had uploaded several videos with false, reckless, and unsubstantiated allegations against the minister. The videos had garnered several views and were widely disseminated to the public at large, the minister claimed.

Senior counsel Ravi Kadam, representing Mahajan, submitted that there w...