India, Sept. 23 -- Politicians must possess "a little more thick skin" while dealing with public criticism, the Delhi high court said on Tuesday, even as it indicated to pass an order on Thursday to take down the allegedly defamatory content on social media targeting Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and senior lawyer Gaurav Bhatia.

A bench of justice Amit Bansal was dealing with Bhatia's defamation suit against various individuals and entities, including Samajwadi Party (SP) media cell, Newslaundry, journalist Abisar Sharma, politicians Ragini Nayak, Saurabh Bhardwaj for publishing allegedly defamatory content related to a viral video of Bhatia's recent appearance on a TV debate.

The incident occurred on September 12 during News18's ...