Procedural initiation of a civil suit for defamation, including the registration of the plaint, issuance of summons to defendants, and notice for interim injunction applications.

O R D E R

CS(OS) 409/2026, I.A. 12730/2026, I.A. 12731/2026

1. The instant Suit has been filed with the following reliefs:-

“A. Pass a Decree of mandatory injunction directing the Defendants — and each of them, their servants, agents, contributors, syndication partners and all persons claiming under or through them — forthwith to take down, delete, de-index, and remove from all public and archival access (including, without limitation, the websites https://www.ndtv.com, https://www.ndtvprofit.com, https://ianslive.in, the YouTube channels operated by or on behalf of the Defendants, all social-media accounts (X / formerly Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Threads, WhatsApp broadcast lists, and any equivalent platforms now in existence or hereafter coming into existence) operated by or on behalf of the Defendants, all RSS feeds, all syndication and subscriber distribution networks, and the Internet Archive / Wayback Machine where the Defendants are entitled to seek removal) all infringing and defamatory material enlisted in Schedule 1 to the Plaint; and to file a compliance affidavit before this Hon'ble Court within seven (7) days of such removal;

B. Pass a Decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendants and each of them, their servants, agents, contributors, syndication partners and all persons claiming under or through them jointly and severally, from using the Plaintiff's name as an adjective, or making reference to the Plaintiff for the purpose of describing the alleged wrongdoings of others, including without limitation entities such as Reliance Communications Limited, Reliance Home Finance Limited, Reliance Commercial Finance Limited, Reliance Infrastructure Limited (in respect of acts during periods when the Plaintiff held no executive role) and any companies that are not entities in respect of which the Plaintiff holds an executive role at the relevant time;

C. Pass a Decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendants and each of them, their servants, agents, contributors, syndication partners and all persons claiming under or through them jointly and severally, from defaming the Plaintiff in any manner whatsoever, whether by way of articles, broadcasts, social-media posts, podcasts, video reels, panel discussions, news bulletins, archival re-publication, or any other form of communication, in print, digital, audio-visual or any other medium, now in existence or hereafter coming into existence;

D. Pass a Decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendant No.9 to 11 and each of them, their servants, agents, contributors, syndication partners and all persons claiming under or through them jointly and severally, from defaming the Plaintiff in any manner whatsoever, whether by way of articles, broadcasts, social-media posts, podcasts, video reels, panel discussions, news bulletins, archival re-publication, or any other form of communication, in print, digital, audio-visual or any other medium, now in existence or hereafter coming into existence and from restraining the said Defendants from publishing identical or substantially similar content in the near future against the Plaintiff;

E. Decree the suit in favour of the Plaintiff and against the Defendants jointly and severally for damages in the sum of Rs. 2,10,00,000- (Rupees Two Crores and Ten Lakhs only), being a sum comprising compensatory damages of Rs. 2,00,00,000/- for injury to reputation, distress, embarrassment and inconvenience caused to the Plaintiff and his family, together with exemplary / aggravated damages of Rs. 10,00,000/- having regard to the malicious, calculated, sustained and commercially-motivated nature of the Defendants' conduct, with interest thereon at such rate a