Court issues notice to Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, others in Manju Warrier defamation case

The Munsiff court in Kochi has issued a notice to filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan and two others in a defamation lawsuit against actor Manju Warrier. The case, filed under Section 26 of the Code of Civil Procedure, directs that the summons be returned on November 5 for hearing. Sasidharan, Shajan Skaria, and Meta Platforms Inc. have been served with the notice.

The petition alleges that Sasidharan, who runs a Malayalam online news portal, and Meta have continuously defamed Warrier by creating around 10,000 pieces of content daily on media and social media. She claimed that Sasidharan has filed criminal cases against him in 2022 and 2023 and made false statements about her on social media platforms. The court has also issued a temporary injunction restraining Sasidharan from further defamation.

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