Tejasvi Surya Sends Notice to Media Against ‘Derogatory’ Reports

BJP leader Tejasvi Surya was accused of assaulting a woman days after his nomination from Bangalore South LS seat.

In the aftermath of assault and MeToo allegations against Tejasvi Surya, BJP’s Bangalore South Lok Sabha candidate, he has filed a case against several media outlets, seeking to bar them from "publishing defamatory and derogatory publications" against him.

Surya’s lawyers have sent a legal notice, dated 29 March, to 45 news media organisations including The Times of India, The Indian Express, and Republic, in which he claims to have obtained an interim order from a court granting a temporary injunction against any reporting on the issue. The notice has also been sent to Whatsapp, Facebook, Youtube and Google.

He has not attached a copy of the the interim order, but has warned the respondents that “any violation of the interim order would render you (media outlets) liable for serious repercussions”.