Madras High Court News: In the matter of making controversial remarks on women journalists, the Madras High Court has suspended BJP leader S. It has refused to drop the proceedings initiated against V Shekhar. The court said that a person like Shekhar, who has such a huge stature in the society, should think before sending any comment or message to anyone on social media. Court S. V Shekhar, in which criminal proceedings have been initiated against him in a 2018 case for making objectionable comments on women journalists on Facebook. Although Shekhar has also apologized for this message, but the court says that he will have to face the consequences.
Justice Anand Venkatesh said that the bigger your stature in the society and the more famous you are, accordingly it becomes your responsibility to be careful before posting anything or messaging anyone on social media platforms like Facebook. . If you do not take care of it, then you will have to suffer its consequences, from which you cannot escape and the petitioner will have to face it.
Court’s Note
The court further said that we are living in the era of social media and whatever you post here reaches every corner of the country and the world. In such a situation, before forwarding any message, it becomes the responsibility of everyone to take care of everything. Whatever you post here, you get to see the result in a short time. The court also said, “Considering your position, it becomes more responsibility for you because you have a large number of followers. In such a situation, whatever you post will have an impact on many people. Whatever you post here You cannot escape the consequences of doing or forwarding.
What did SV Shekhar say?
The court said that his remark was an offense against public peace as soon after the incident there was uproar across the state. On the other hand, SV Shekhar says that it is very rare that he forwards any message. The message about which this ruckus has been created, was sent to him by someone and he forwarded it without reading it. Shekhar says that later he also removed the message from his account and apologized for it on the same day. However, the court has refused to give him relief even on his argument.
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