Interim injunctions in online defamation suits border on censorship

Indian courts are ordering highest speech restrictions (prior restraints and content removal) by testing lower thresholds such as (1) prima facie defamation, (2) balance of convenience, and (3) irreparable injury, which are further often untested in cases brought by private individuals in interim injunction suits.
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Shreenandini Mukhopadhyay

Shreenandini Mukhopadhyay is a fifth year undergraduate law student studying at Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai.

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