India, May 21 -- There is a thin line between political criticism and defamation, the Delhi High Court told MP Raghav Chadha as he sought taking down of "defamatory" content allegedly showing that he "sold himself for money" after his switch to the BJP from AAP.

Chadha had filed a lawsuit in the high court against the publication of alleged malicious and fabricated social media posts that, he said, are gravely prejudicial to his reputation and personality rights, news agency PTI reported. Chadha was represented by senior advocate Rajiv Nayar who contended there were posts with profane content.

"The line between defamation and criticism is quite thin, right? It's very easy to slip to the other side, which affects your right to live with ...