Madras High Court asks Abhijit Majumder to delete derogatory allegations against Periyar

While journalists have the freedom to criticise an individual for his political ideology, they cannot make any unfound personal allegations, the Madras High Court said on Monday while directing Delhi based journalist Abhijit Majumder to “remove” derogatory comments that he had made against social activist and Tamil ideologue late Periyar.

Saying that while it was okay for journalists to criticise someone’s political ideology, they cannot make any unfound personal allegations, the Madras High Court Monday directed Delhi based journalist Abhijit Majumder to “remove” derogatory comments that he had made against social activist and Tamil ideologue Periyar in an opinion piece published last year.