$~81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(COMM) 147/2026 SWAMI RAMDEV .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Rahul S. Sahay, Mr. Simranjeet Singh, Mr. Rishabh Pant, Ms. Osheen Verma, Mr. Abhijeet Kumar Pandey, Ms. Apurbaa Dutta, Mr. Raghav Rajmalani, Mr. Prabhav Bahuguna, Mr. Naman Maheshwari and Mr. Pratham Arora, Advocates.

versus JOHN DOE (S) AND ORS .....Defendants Through: Ms. Mamta Rani Jha, Mr. Rohan Ahuja, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa and Mr. Ankit Tripathi, Advocates for Defendant No. 2/Google LLC.

Mr. Ankit Parashar, Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Mr. Tejpal Singh Rathore and Ms. Tanish Gupta and Ms. Sanchli Sethi, Advocates for D-4.

Mr. Akshay Maloo, Mr. Vivek Ayyagari and Mr.

Gynendra Rathore, Advocates for D-5.

Mr. Angad Singh Dugal, Mr. Govind Singh Grewal, Mr. Jagtej Singh Kang, Advocates for D-8 with AR Ms. Sanya Malik.

Mr. Sahil, Advocate for Defendant No. 10.

Mr. Satya Ranjan Swain, CGSC, Mr Kautilya Birat, GP, Mr. Ankush Kapoor and Mr.

Vishwadeep. Advocates for D-11 and D-12.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 18.02.2026 I.A. 4157/2026 (u/S 151 CPC)

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

2. Application stands disposed of I.A. 4154/2026

3. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff for discovery of interrogatories.

4. Issue notice.

5. Counsels, as above, accept notices on behalf of the respective Defendants and seek and are granted time of three weeks to file replies.

6. Notice be issued to remaining Defendants through all permissible modes, returnable before the learned Joint Registrar on 16.03.2026.

I.A. 4158/2026 (for pre-institution mediation)

7. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff under Section 12-A of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015 r/w Section 151 CPC seeking exemption from Pre-Institution Mediation.

8. Having regard to the facts of the present case wherein urgent relief is prayed for and in light of the judgment of Supreme Court in Yamini Manohar v. T.K.D. Keerthi, (2024) 5 SCC 815, as also Division Bench of this Court in Chandra Kishore Chaurasia v. RA Perfumery Works Private Ltd., 2022 SCC OnLine Del 3529, exemption is granted to the Plaintiff from Pre-Institution Mediation.

9. Application is allowed and disposed of.

I.A. 4155/2026 (u/O XI Rule 1 (4) r/w 151 CPC)

10. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff seeking to place on record additional documents.

11. Plaintiff, if it wishes to file additional documents at a later stage, shall do so strictly in accordance with provisions of the Commercial Courts Act, 2015.

12. Application is allowed and disposed of.

I.A. 4156/2026 (u/S 80 CPC)

13. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff seeking leave to institute the suit without serving of statutory notice to the concerned government authorities.

14. For the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed and disposed of.

I.A. 4159/2026 (u/S 151 CPC)

15. This application is filed on behalf of the Plaintiff seeking extension of time for filing certificate under Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

16. For the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed, permitting Plaintiff to file the said certificate under Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023. 17. Application stands disposed of.

CS(COMM) 147/2026

18. Let plaint be registered as a suit.

19. Issue summons.

20. Counsels, as above, accept summons on behalf of the respective Defendants.

21. Written statement shall be filed by the Defendants within 30 days from today along with affidavits of admission/denial of the documents filed by the Plaintiff.

22. It will be open to the Plaintiff to file replications within 30 days from the date of receipt of written statement along with affidavits of admission/denial of documents filed by the Defendants.

23. Upon filing of process fee, issue summons to the Defendants No.6, 7 and 9 through all permissible modes, returnable before the learned Joint Registrar on 16.03.2026.

24. Summons shall state that the written statement sh