Rahul Easwar Moves Kerala High Court To Take Down Social Media Videos Containing 'Vulgar' Remarks About Lord Ayyappa, Malikappurathamma
K. Salma Jennath
7 Sept 2026 7:40 PM IST
Commentator and right-wing activist Rahul Easwar has moved the Kerala High Court seeking action against videos on social media platforms allegedly containing vulgar and sexually explicit remarks against Sabarimala deities Lord Ayyappa and Malikappurathamma.Easwar also sought a direction to the police authorities to act upon his complaint and register a formal criminal case against...
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Commentator and right-wing activist Rahul Easwar has moved the Kerala High Court seeking action against videos on social media platforms allegedly containing vulgar and sexually explicit remarks against Sabarimala deities Lord Ayyappa and Malikappurathamma.
Easwar also sought a direction to the police authorities to act upon his complaint and register a formal criminal case against Dalit writer-activist Sunny M. Kapikad, who allegedly made these remarks.
When the matter came up before Justice G. Girish, Easwar's counsel submitted that steps will be taken to issue notice to Meta and Kapikad. Accordingly, the case was posted to September 10 for further consideration.
During the last posting, the public prosecutor had taken notice on behalf of the State, the Thiruvananthapuram District Police Chief and SHOs of Sreekaryam and Cyber Crime Police Stations.
As an interim prayer, Easwar has sought a direction to Meta and other social media intermediaries to temporarily block, take down, disable public access to, or remove the impugned video.
In his plea, he has referred to a recent order in N. Madhavan Kutty v. Union of India and Ors, wherein the Court had directed Meta to block a journalist account, which allegedly contained a few objectionable posts.
Case No: WP(Crl.) 1326/ 2026
Case Title: Rahul K. Easwar v. State of Kerala and Ors.
