Journalist Tavleen Singh withdraws defamation suit against Twitter user PokerShash for his …

Journalist Tavleen Singh has withdrawn the civil defamation suit filed by her against social media user Shashank Singh alias @pokershash for a satirical tweet posted by him on Twitter. The District and Sessions court in New Delhi dismissed the case against Shashank as Tavleen Singh took the case back. Civil defamation suit by Tavleen Singh against @pokershash withdrawn Twitter user says resourceful people should not use their privilege to threaten people Speaking to OpIndia, Shashank said that when Tavleen threatened him with a defamation suit, he thought she was simply pressuring him to remove the tweet. Later, he came to know that Tavleen had indeed filed a suit against him for a satirical tweet. Though, he added that he hadn’t received any summons till date. Shashank welcomed Tavleen’s decision to withdraw the lawsuit and opined that people with financial resources and knowledge of the law should not exploit it to threaten common citizens. He added that courts are already hard-pressed with work and cases like this which are filed only to burnish one’s ego should be avoided. Tavleen Singh filed a defamation suit against @Pokershash for his satirical tweet After waxing eloquent on the need for absolute freedom of speech…
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