Faridabad District Court Summons Sandeep Maheshwari In Defamation Case Filed By Vivek Bindra | India News

The District Court of Faridabad has issued a summons to Sandeep Maheshwari, YouTuber and motivational speaker, in reference to a felony defamation case filed by Dr. Vivek Bindra, writer and proprietor of Bada Business. In his criticism, Bindra accused Maheshwari of creating and publishing sure defamatory movies and neighborhood posts on YouTube channel towards him. The court docket in its order directed Sandeep Maheshwari to seem on April 2. 

According to stories, the Court in its current order acknowledged that the content material shared by Maheshwari on YouTube prima facie seems to have dented the picture of Bindra, the complainant within the case. The court docket additionally recorded that the movies and the neighborhood posts had lowered the picture of Vivek Bindra within the eyes of the general public. Consequently, the court docket was of the view that the weather of Section 499 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), concerning defamation, have been happy. 

While issuing the summons to Maheshwari, the court docket noticed that the movies draw costly conclusions primarily based on insufficient proof. “The accused No.1 has put the listener to choose between two options namely the ‘Public Or Vivek Bindra’. Even a layman, who has no knowledge about the controversy, would undisputedly choose ‘the public’,” reads the order.

 

The issuance of the summons marks a big improvement within the case as earlier in February, the court docket had declined Bindra’s attraction to take away the movies. “It was thus the complainant’s case that the accused Mr. Sandeep Maheshwari had ill intentions and ulterior motive to lower the morale and reputation of the complainant in the eyes of the general public had made defamatory imputations which were published on his YouTube channel,” reads the order.

The authorized battle stemmed from a video revealed by Maheshwari on December 11, 2023, sparking a sequence of posts and movies exchanged between the 2 events. Subsequently, on December 19, 2023, Bindra lodged a civil swimsuit in Faridabad.