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Informist, Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025

 

NEW DELHI – Raj Shamani, a social media influencer, on Tuesday agreed before the Delhi High Court to edit his podcast video and remove disparaging claims about Dettol antiseptic liquid made by a dermatologist. The high court was hearing a defamation suit by Reckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd., which manufactures Dettol, against the dermatologist and social media influencers Shamani and Ritik Chaturvedi. 

 

A settlement agreement was reached between the parties after which the court directed the video to be edited within 24 hours. The court restrained Shamani from re-uploading the content and asked the parties to abide by the agreement. 

 

In Shamani's YouTube video and Instagram reel, the dermatologist claimed that Dettol antiseptic liquid cannot be used as a drug or medicine and should be used as a floor-cleaning liquid. 

 

In its petition, Reckitt argued that Dettol antiseptic liquid was a licensed product approved for use on the skin and was marked as an antiseptic liquid in India since 1936. The product qualifies as a drug under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, Reckitt said. "To call Dettol a disinfectant only fit for mopping floors is blatantly false and slanderous," said Reckitt.  End

 

Reported by Surya Tripathi

Edited by Saji George Titus

 

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