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Smriti Irani and Twitter Discourse: A Rant

This is why I am not particularly a fan of Twitter legal discourse. People pass court's observations as the final judgment. They are either political or just naive.  Court has given an observation on a section 151 application (in a defamation suit) which only asked websites to remove the social media posts which allegations against Ms. Zoe Irani i.e. Smriti Irani's daughter. The court passed the ad-interim injunction and observed that there is no prima facie evidence that Silly Souls restaurant (the hotel in dispute) belongs to Ms. Zoe Irani.  Now the 'interim' part is missing from the discourse.  The court has merely given an interim order on the basis of an interim application from one party. The court has not even begun listening to the other party. We do not know what Ms. Zoe Irani's team has presented before the court. The merits of the case will be decided way longer than that.  Unfortunately, unlike most Twitter users, courts are not that efficient. But folks...