Businessman granted inter partes injunction against rapper Caprice
The High Court today granted an inter partes injunction in favour of businessman R Jeyenderan in his defamation suit against rapper Caprice.
Justice Roslan Mat Nor, who allowed the application, also ordered Caprice, whose real name is Ariz Ramli, to pay RM8,000 in costs to Jeyenderan within two weeks.
The court sets Dec 1 for case management.
Earlier, the court heard submissions from the plaintiff’s lawyers, V Muniandy, Fiona Aurelia Culas and Afiq Yahawa, and from Caprice’s counsel, Amar Shaaruddin.
On Aug 5, the High Court allowed an ad interim injunction to Jeyenderan and ordered Caprice to immediately remove all the alleged defamatory Instagram posts uploaded in July.
An ad interim injunction is a temporary court order granted before a full hearing, often based on the request of one party…
