* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19^th MARCH, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF:

I.A. 30090/2025 & I.A. 31798/2025 IN + CS(OS) 957/2024 ISHA FOUNDATION .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Simranjeet Singh, Ms. Pushpaveni Kakkaje, Mr. Jagdish Solanki, Mr. Rohan Jaitley, Ms. Meherunnisa A. Jaitley, Mr. Areeb Amanullah, Mr. Rishabh Pant, Mr. Abhijeet Kr. Pandey and Ms. Apurbaa Dutta, Advocates versus GOOGLE LLC & ORS. .....Defendants Through: Mr. Aditya Gupta and Mr. Rohith Venkatesan and Ms. Vani Kaushik, Advs. for D-1.

Mr. V. T. Perumal, Dr. Ram Sankar, Ms. K Vaijayanthi, Ms. Shaarumathi, Mr. Ashwin Sam and Mr. Nagender Advs. for D-2 & 3.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

JUDGMENT

I.A. 30090/2025 I.A. 31798/2025

1. The present Suit has been filed with the following prayers:

“a) Pass a decree of permanent & mandatory injunction against Defendant Nos. 1-4 to immediately delete/remove/take down the defamatory videos and all the posts/publications/allegations emanating out of the defamatory videos as listed in Paragraph 10 of this Plaint, or any other videos/ posts/publications/allegations which are identical to, or similar in content, on the internet through social media platforms, websites, blogs, or any other media such as the Metaverse, blockchain, any Artificial Intelligence program, or any other media such a print, audio-visual etc. which are defamatory with respect to the Plaintiff, and;

b) Pass a decree of permanent injunction against the Defendants No.1-4, their associates, servants, agents, affiliates, assignees, substitutes, representatives, their subscribers, employees and/or persons claiming through them and/or under them and all other persons from creating, publishing, uploading, sharing, disseminating etc. the defamatory videos as listed in Paragraph 10 of this Plaint, or any other videos which are identical to, or similar in content, on the internet through social media platforms, websites, blogs, or any other media such as the Metaverse, blockchain, any Artificial Intelligence program, or any other media such a print, audio-visual etc. which are defamatory with respect to the Plaintiff, and;

c) Pass a decree of damages to the tune of Rs. 3,00,00,000/- (Rupees Three Crore Only) in favour of the Plaintiff and against the Defendants No. 2 and 3, and;

d) Pass an order for costs of the present proceedings, and;

e) Pass such further orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances.”

2. The Plaintiff describes itself as a registered Public Charitable Trust vide Trust Deed dated 07.01.1992 bearing Document No. 6 of 1992 in Book 4 in the office of the Joint Sub-Registrar-II, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu. As per the Plaint, the Plaintiff-Trust is dedicated to raising human consciousness and attainment of global harmony, spreading awareness towards social economic and ecological causes by undertaking National and International movements.

3. The Plaint reveals that the Plaintiff-Trust was founded by Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev [“the Founder”], who is stated to be an internationally renowned yogi, and often invited to speak at leading international forums. It is stated that the Founder has received India's second highest civilian honor i.e., the Padma Vibhushan in the year 2017. It is stated that the Plaintiff has 16 million followers, about 300 centers spread worldwide and owns and operates a website called https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en, wherein primarily the videos and discourses of the Founder are disseminated. It is stated that the Plaintiff is also certified by the Yoga Certification Board under the Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India as a “Leading Yoga Institute” and it is also recognized by the Department of Personnel Training, Government of India for providing in-service training programs to the Government Officers.

4. As for the Defendants, it is stated that the Defendant No. 1 owns and operates various platforms and websites services, including YouTube w