X account of hepatologist Cyriac Abby Philips withheld after Bengaluru court order

Kerala-based hepatologist Dr Cyriac Abby Philips's 'X' account has been withheld. Popular in the online medical community as 'The Liver Doctor', Dr Philips's account has been "withheld globally in response to a legal demand."

A Bengaluru civil court passed an ex-parte injunction order on September 24 to X to suspend the account of Dr Abby Philips (@theliverdr), in a case filed by Himalaya Wellness Corporation, which alleged that the expert made defamatory allegations against the company.

The order, passed under Sector 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure 1908, retrains the expert from tweeting, making or publishing, re-tweeting and republishing defamatory remarks against Himalaya Wellness Company or its products under Sector 79 of the Information Technology Act 2000.