Cyriac Abby Philips, a Kochi-based hepatologist, clinician-scientist, and crusader against alternative medicines, is gearing up for a legal battle to get his account in X (formerly Twitter) restored after it was withheld by the social media giant on a verdict passed by a civil court in Bengaluru.
His popular account (@theliverdr) was withheld by X in India on Thursday following the ex-parte injunction order passed by the court in a suit filed by Himalaya Wellness Corporation alleging that the doctor had been making defamatory allegations against the company through his account. The account, however, is accessible outside India.
“I have had consultations with my lawyers. We are about to appeal the order in a higher court. The Bengaluru court had passed the orders without hearing me,” said Dr. Philips, head of the hepatology department of the Aluva-based Rajagiri Hospital, who had been locked in a battle with the company for the past few years.
