JUDGMENT

Sanjeev Narula, J. - Aggrieved with an online self-publication titled "Muhammad", purportedly authored by Defendant No.1, Plaintiff has approached this Court seeking orders restraining Defendant No. 1 from making derogatory, demeaning and incendiary statements against the religion of Islam, the Holy Quran and Prophet Mohammed and other revered personages. The suit contains following prayers:

"a) Pass a decree for permanent and mandatory injunction against the Defendant No. 1, thereby restraining the Defendant No. 1 from making statements and / or publishing remarks that are lascivious, prurient derogatory and hurtful, against the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the religion of Islam, its followers, its tenets and/or against the Holy Qur'an;

b) Pass a decree for permanent and mandatory injunction against the Defendant No. 1, thereby restraining the Defendant No. 1 from selling, letting to hire, distributing, publicly exhibiting, or in any manner putting into circulation for the purpose of sale, hire, distribution, public exhibition, circulation and/or promotion, copies of the book titled Muhammad in any way and through any medium, including but not limited to the form of a paperback,