New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- The Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the defendants in a defamation case filed by senior advocate and BJP leader Gaurav Bhatia whether they were willing to voluntarily take down the disputed social media posts, observing that there are different ways of protesting and that criticism should be expressed in a more articulate manner.

Justice Tushar Rao Gedela made the observations while hearing Bhatia's Rs 2-crore defamation suit against Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka, Abhijeet Dipke and others. Bhatia appeared in person.

During the hearing, the Court questioned the inclusion of Abhijeet Dipke as a defendant and asked what material had been posted by him. Counsel for Dipke submitted that there was not a single tweet by...