New Delhi, Aug. 1 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday granted interim relief to professional basketball player Kushal Singh in a defamation suit over a series of social media posts made against him on Instagram.

Justice Sachin Datta directed Defendant No. 1 to immediately take down all allegedly defamatory Instagram posts, reels, story highlights, captions, comments and other related content published on her Instagram account or any other account operated or controlled by her, insofar as the content falsely accuses or imputes acts of sexual harassment, sexual misconduct or similar conduct to the plaintiff.

The Court also clarified that if the defendant fails to remove the content, the plaintiff would be at liberty to approach Defendant No...