Tweets by journalist Rana Ayyub derogatory, communal: Delhi Excessive Court docket

The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Wednesday (April 8, 2026) termed sure tweets by journalist Rana Ayyub “extremely derogatory, inflammatory and communal” because it sought her stand on a petition looking for elimination of the allegedly objectionable content material from social media.

Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, who was listening to a lawyer’s petition alleging that Ms. Ayyub’s tweets insulted Hindu Deities and “revered historic figures”, noticed that even an FIR was additionally directed to be registered in opposition to her in relation to the tweets and known as upon the Centre, Delhi Police and X to “work in tandem” and “do the needful in 24 hours”.