The Madras High Court on Tuesday restrained YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar, alias A. Shankar, from making and circulating on social media any defamatory statement, article, picture, cartoon, caricature, sketch or video which could cause damage or tend to lower the reputation of Tamil Nadu Minister for Electricity, Prohibition and Excise V. Senthilbalaji.
Justice Krishnan Ramasamy granted the interim injunction following a civil suit filed by the Minister seeking ₹2 crore in damages for the loss of reputation. Apart from the injunction application, he had taken out another application for an interim direction to the YouTuber to remove all the offending social media posts.
