The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Thursday quashed a private complaint against YouTuber Maridhas that was filed after he had uploaded a video pertaining to the anti-CAA ‘kolam’ protest.
Justice G.R. Swaminathan quashed the private complaint against Maridhas on the file of the Judicial Magistrate III, Thoothukudi. The complaint was filed under Section 500 (Defamation) of the Indian Penal Code by a DMK functionary S.R.S. Umari Shankar of Thoothukudi district.
The complainant said that Maridhas had tarnished the reputation of the DMK in the video. However, Maridhas denied the allegations and said cases were deliberately foisted against him to silence him as he was vocal on YouTube about social issues.