India, May 16 -- A Delhi court directed the website OpIndia to remove two articles, published around six years ago, about journalist Swati Chaturvedi, holding that the continued circulation of the pieces could cause "serious and irreparable injury" to her professional reputation while the defamation suit remains pending. Meenu Kaushik, district judge, Patiala House Court in an order dated May 13 noted that the "source articles" produced by the defendants did not prima facie support the claims made against Chaturvedi and accepted her argument that many allegedly defamatory statements could not be linked to material available in the public domain.

According to Chaturvedi, the articles described her as "delusional", accused her of plagiaris...