MouthShut Reviews Removal
in Hyderabad
RepuLex removes false and defamatory content from MouthShut.com for clients in Hyderabad, using IT Act 2000 notices and, through the partner law firm, court filings where required. MouthShut is a Mumbai-based intermediary subject to IT Act 2000 and IT Rules 2021. RepuLex issues IT Act Section 79 notices and, where content is clearly defamatory, the partner law firm sends a legal notice for defamation to the reviewer where the reviewer can be identified, with MouthShut put on notice.
- →False consumer reviews making fabricated allegations
- →Competitor-planted negative reviews
- →Defamatory content masquerading as consumer feedback
- →False reviews for businesses by non-customers
14–30 days via IT Act notices. Where court proceedings are needed, the timeline runs on the court's timetable.
MouthShut Reviews Removal in Hyderabad: the local legal context
Hyderabad falls within the Telangana High Court, which sits in the city. The city combines IT sector professionals, pharmaceutical industry leaders, and real estate developers, all of whom are common ORM case clients. Hyderabad's dual identity as both a tech hub and a traditional business city creates a distinctive mix of defamation case types.
Pharma and biotech professional defamation on industry forums
IT sector Glassdoor attacks during company expansion phases
Real estate developer false complaint articles on Telugu news portals
Hyderabad cases combine national-platform defamation (Glassdoor, LinkedIn for the city's deep IT services concentration) with Telugu-language news portals and Telugu YouTube content. The city's IT/ITeS workforce concentration makes Glassdoor a particularly active battleground.
The Telangana High Court has no original civil side, so a civil suit starts in the competent civil court in Hyderabad.
Highest-risk Hyderabad industries: IT services and BPO companies (Glassdoor and LinkedIn attacks during layoff and performance-management cycles), pharmaceutical executives (regulatory-rumour defamation), and biotech founders (competitor-driven scientific-misconduct allegations).
In Hyderabad, removal from MouthShut.com rests on the Information Technology Act 2000 (Section 79 read with IT Rules 2021, which set platform deadlines of three hours on a court order, two hours on intimate images or impersonation of a person, and seven days on most other complaints, defamation included), criminal defamation under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 s.356 (formerly IPC 499/500), and civil injunctions from the competent civil court in Hyderabad. Across 25+ cities RepuLex maintains a 97% case success rate — permanent removal, not suppression.
Send the MouthShut.com URL. RepuLex assesses legal actionability, advises on approach, and provides a fixed fee quote — within 4 hours.
A formal complaint to MouthShut.com under the IT Act 2000 and IT Rules 2021, issued through our partner law firm, and, where applicable, a defamation notice to the content originator citing BNS 2023 s.356 (formerly IPC 499/500).
MouthShut.com must resolve a grievance within seven days under IT Rules 2021, or 36 hours for privacy complaints and impersonation of a business, act within two hours on intimate or morphed images and impersonation of a person, and act on a court order within three hours. RepuLex monitors compliance and, if the platform does not act, escalates to the Grievance Appellate Committee or, through the partner law firm, to court.
Written removal confirmation provided. Google de-indexing request filed. Hyderabad clients receive documentary evidence of permanent content removal.
Hyderabad professionals and businesses increasingly face false content on MouthShut.com that damages their search rankings and professional credibility. In Telangana, that content is legally actionable under the IT Act 2000 and the IT Rules 2021: a formal complaint to the platform's Grievance Officer, issued through RepuLex's partner law firm, starts the Rules' statutory deadlines. Where the platform fails to act, an injunction is available from the competent civil court, and from Telangana High Court itself only where it has an original side.
Remove MouthShut Reviews content in Hyderabad permanently.
Fixed fee · Legal notices · Telangana High Court jurisdiction · Written confirmation