Swami Ramdev vs Facebook, Inc - 2019 Supreme(Del) 1779

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2019 Supreme(Del) 1779

PRATHIBA M SINGH
Swami Ramdev – Appellant
Versus
Facebook, Inc – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Darpan Wadhwa, Adv., Simranjeet Singh, Adv., Rohan Ahuja, Adv., Sonali Dhir, Adv., Aadhar Nautiyal, Adv., Cauveri Birbal, Adv., Parag P Tripathi, Adv., Richa Srivastava, Adv., Aditya Nayar, Adv., Mishika Bajpai, Adv., Nayantara Narayan, Adv., Arvind Nigam, Adv., Mehtaab Singh, Adv., Prathishth Kaushal, Adv., Shruttima Ehersa, Adv., Sakshi Jhalani, Adv., Sanjeev Sindhwani, Adv., Deepak Gogia, Adv., Jithin M George, Adv.

Table of Content
1. plaintiffs filed suit against defendants for defamation. (Para 1 , 2)
2. court provided temporary injunction for url blocking. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. arguments presented regarding defamation and intermediary liability. (Para 8 , 10 , 12)
4. defendants argue against global injunction, citing varying defamation laws. (Para 14 , 16 , 18)
5. court's analysis on the need for global blocking due to jurisdictional issues. (Para 22 , 26 , 30)
6. intermediaries must comply with court orders for removal of defamatory content. (Para 34 , 46 , 56 , 60)
7. court's interpretation of section 79 on blocking and removal of content. (Para 72 , 91 , 94)
8. final orders for global removal/blocking of urls containing defamatory content. (Para 96 , 97)

JUDGMENT :

Prathiba M. Singh, J.

I.A. 855/2019

1. The Plaintiffs - Swami Ramdev and Patanjali Ayurved Ltd. have filed the present suit against the Defendants- Facebook Inc., (Defendant No. 1) Google Inc., (Defendant No. 2) YouTube LLC, (Defendant No. 3) Google Plus, (Defendant No. 4) Twitter International Company, (Defendant No. 5) and Ashok Kumar ('John Does'), (Defendant No. 6) seeking a permanent and mandatory injunction, as also damages. For the

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2019 Supreme(Del) 1779

PRATHIBA M SINGHSwami Ramdev – AppellantVersusFacebook, Inc – Respondent

Cases Referred (7)

PRATHIBA M SINGH
Swami Ramdev – Appellant
Versus
Facebook, Inc – Respondent