Dr. Balwant Singh’s Hospital has been denied its request for an injunction, restraining local social media personality Melissa Atwell, popularly known as ‘Melly Mel,’ from making Facebook posts compiling complaints against it.
At an in-chamber hearing yesterday afternoon, Justice Fidela Corbin-Lincoln in refusing the injunction noted that the hospital had supplied no evidence to substantiate that the posts made by Atwell were untrue, thus warranting the injunction.
Following the hearing, Attorney Ganesh Hira, one of Atwell’s legal representatives, explained to reporters that the court did consider implications for Atwell’s fundamental constitutional right to freedom of speech.