JUDGMENT

20.03.2026

OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J.

1. The present cross appeals have been preferred under Order XLIII Rule 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, (“CPC”, hereinafter), assailing the judgment and order dated 29.07.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court, in CS (COMM) No. 551 of 2021, whereby the application filed by the Plaintiff/Appellant under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the CPC was dismissed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties to the present appeal are referred to by their respective designations in the proceedings before the learned Single Judge. Thus, the “Appellant” is referred to as “Plaintiff” and the “Respondents” are referred to as “Defendants”.

Brief factual matrix

3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the brief factual matrix necessary for the adjudication of the present dispute is as follows.

4. The Plaintiff is a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 and operates prominent television channels, namely, “AajTak”, “AajTak HD”, “India Today Television”, and “Good News TV”, as well as several social media platforms. The Plaintiff is part of the “India Today Group” and is engaged in broadcasting, publishing, e-commerce, and other related acti