Tweet on Jayalalithaa: Court directs Subramanian Swamy to appear before it

Chennai, Aug 1: A court here today directed BJP leader Subramanian Swamy to appear before it on September 25 for twitting "malicious content" in his twitter account regarding the health condition of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

On July 20, City Public Prosecutor M L Jegan had filed a petition against the content of the twitter before Principal Sessions Court on behalf of the Chief Minister.

In the petition, Jegan submitted that Swamy had published "malicious contents" in his twitter account Subramanian Swamy@Swamy39 on July 13 regarding the health of the Chief Minister.

"This was published with an intention to harm the reputation of the Chief Minister, Jegan had submitted.

PTI