{
  "id": 14749483,
  "title": "Alipore court bars Mahua Moitra from posting defamatory content against West Bengal Chief Secretary",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/alipore-court-bars-mahua-moitra-from-posting-defamatory-content",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T17:28:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/west-bengal/alipore-court-bars-mahua-moitra-from-posting-defamatory-content-against-west-bengal-chief-secretary/article71588500.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "An Alipore court in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district has prohibited TMC leader Mahua Moitra from posting any defamatory content regarding West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Agarwal. The decision relates to the deletion of voters during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ahead of the Assembly polls. Agarwal, who served as the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal before joining the BJP government as Chief Secretary, was accused of being solely responsible for the controversial voter deletions.\n\nThe court issued an order on October 14, mandating Moitra, her associates, and anyone acting on her behalf to refrain from publishing, reposting, sharing, or repeating any defamatory statements against Agarwal. The order specifically targeted two social media posts from October 3 and October 6, 2026, in which Moitra used photographs of Agarwal, labeling him the chief architect of SIR and accusing him of committing numerous legal violations.\n\nFollowing the court's decision, Agarwal sent a legal notice to Moitra, demanding an unconditional apology and ₹10 crore in damages for the alleged defamation. Despite the legal notice, Moitra refused to remove the tweets. After the court's ruling, Moitra stated she would file a vacating application to assert her right to continue posting the content.\n\nDuring the proceedings before the Civil Judge, Agarwal's legal counsel argued that as the Chief Secretary, he had no authority to individualize names or include or exclude any names from voter lists.",
  "summary": "The Krishnanagar MP had used photographs of the Chief Secretary (former CEO), calling him the chief architect of SIR which led to deletions of lakhs of voters",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}