The Bombay High Court came down heavily on alleged activist and politician Devang Dave, his accomplices Amit Kawle and Vishnu Bhosale, in a defamation suit filed by a developer from Kandivali who had allegedly been targeted by Dave and his accomplices.
The Mumbai-based developer SD Corporation Pvt Ltd filed a defamation suit against Dave, Kawle and Bhosale for defaming the developer, targeting the development project and using the name of the BJP party.
The Bombay High Court, in its order against Dave, Kawle and Bhosale, directed that allegedly defamatory social media posts, videos and messages targeting the developer and its MHADA redevelopment project should not be circulated. Justice Abhay Ahuja passed the order on July 27 while hearing a suit filed by SD Corporation against Devang Dave, Amit Kawle and Vishnu Bhosale.
The court held that the developer had made out a prima facie case for ad-interim relief.
According to the Rs 100 crore defamation suit against Dave, Kawle and Bhosale, SD Corporation, a joint venture between Shapoorji Pallonji Group and Dilip Thacker Group, alleged that the defendants had circulated false, malicious and misleading content on Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other social media platforms regarding the company’s integrated redevelopment project at Samta Nagar, Kandivali (East).
