Question – 01

A young lady named Ritika Adjania found her profile in an online community named “1worldcom” on its website 1worldcom.net. Her surprise turned to horror when she realized that the profile painted her as a person of dubious character whose only interest was money. The profile also “boasted” of her achievements which included defrauding a bank of Rs.10 lakh and getting away with it. Ritika immediately informed “1worldcom” of the posting and requested them to remove it. The posting was removed the next day but reappeared a week later. It was again removed but reappeared two days later. Deeply hurt, Ritika filed a suit for defamation against “1worldcom”. With reference to jurisprudence of defamation cases, examine the liability of “1worldcom.”

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