$-37 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 14^th June, 2024 + CS(OS) 495/2024 & I.A. 31743/2024 RAJAT SHARMA B-90, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi-110048 ..... Plaintiff Through: Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sandeep Chatterjee, Mr. Rohan Swarup, Mr. Kunal Vats, Mr. Sanyam Suri & Ms. Tanya Arora, Advocates with plaintiff in person.

versus

1. X CORP, (FORMERLY TWITTER)

121, 8^th Floor, The Estate, Dickenson Road, Bengaluru ..... Defendant No. 1

2. GOOGLE INDIA PVT. LTD.

Google LLC-India Liaison Office, Unit No. 26, the Executive Center, Level-8, DLF Centre, Sansad Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001 ..... Defendant No. 2

3. META PLAFORMS INC.

Unit 28 and 29, the Executive Centre, Level, 18, DLF Cyber City, Building No. 5, Tower-A, Phase III, Gurgaon, Haryana-122002 ..... Defendant No. 3

4. JAIRAM RAMESH C-1/9, Lodhi Garden, New Delhi ..... Defendant No. 4

5. PAWAN KHERA D-12, First Floor, Nizammuddin East, New Delhi-110013 ..... Defendant No. 5

6. RAGINI NAYAK B-2/24-A, Keshavpuram, New Delhi-110035 ..... Defendant No. 6

7. JOHN DOE (UNKNOWN PERSON) ..... Defendant No. 7 Through: None.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (Oral)

I.As.