Al Ain court upholds Dh10,000 fine on a man for sending insulting voice clips over WhatsApp

Abu Dhabi: An Al Ain Court docket has fined a person Dh10,000 for sending insulting voice messages over WhatsApp to a different particular person.

The decision by the Al Ain Court docket of Appeals upheld a decrease court docket verdict concerning the Dh10,000 effective, and rejected an attraction by the plaintiff to extend the effective.

In accordance with court docket data, the plaintiff had filed a lawsuit alleging {that a} man, the defendant, had despatched him defamatory audio clips on WhatsApp, together with using the phrase “Shame on your upbringing”. He subsequently requested compensation for the damages he had suffered. The Court docket of First Occasion convicted the defendant and ordered him to pay Dh10,000.

The plaintiff later appealed the decision and urged that the compensation be elevated, however this was not granted by the Court docket of Appeals.