India, Aug. 5 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday reportedly ordered takedown of all online posts against Union minister Nitin Gadkari, describing it as "vile, obscene, abusive & defamatory" amid row over E20 fuel.

A single bench of Justice Arif Doctor granted interim relief to Gadkari and directed Meta, X Corp and Google LLC to ensure forthwith that the posts are taken down.

"These posts, on the face of it, are abusive, vile and obscene," the court said, news agency PTI reported.

The bench also questioned online platforms like Meta, X Corp and Google LLC if they had any mechanism to take down such posts without the person having to approach court.

The platforms ought to take down such posts voluntarily, the high court said.

"With ...