The court's procedural action in registering a defamation suit and issuing summons and notices for interim injunctions when a public official alleges that a publication contains false and disparaging claims regarding their professional conduct.

O R D E R

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

“i. Pass a decree of permanent injunction in favour of the Plaintiff restraining the Defendants, its employees, agents, officers, assigns, representatives, group companies from in any manner airing/publishing/televising or propagating in any mode or manner either orally/writing/telecasting the impugned book “black warrant”, the impugned interview and the audiobook published on Defendant No. 7 website any material/article/news/views/report/video etc. on their websites/webpages/channels by the Defendants which are false and/or misleading and/or defamatory and/or disparaging which relates to the Plaintiff and lowers the goodwill and reputation of the Plaintiff in the eyes of the general public.

ii. Pass a decree of permanent and mandatory injunction in favour of the Plaintiff restraining the Defendant, their employees, agents, officers, assigns, representatives, group companies from in any manner publishing/airing/posting/uploading/sharing/selling or propagating the impugned book “black warrant”, audiobook and the impugned interview and any mode or manner either orally/writing/telecasting any material / article/ news/ views/report, etc. across the globe on their news channel/websites/webpages/portals including ‘YOUTUBE’, ‘LALLANTOP’, ‘LOTUS COLLECTION’ ‘AUDIBLE’ and any other social media platform/website/outlet, which are false and/or misleading and/or defamatory and/or derogatory and/or disparaging which relates to the Plaintiff including the impugned post and/or which lowers the goodwill and reputation of the Plaintiff in the eyes of the general public;

iii. Pass a decree of permanent injunction whereby directing the Defendants to permanently take down, remove, or block/restrict access to the news/post/weblinks/URLs/books mentioned in the list of documents attached with the present Plaint and/or any other active or similar posts which contain or purport to contain, the defamatory, derogatory and denigrating content or part thereof posted/aired/distributed/sold on their respective website/channels/page/stores, and also from all media in the control of the Defendants across the globe, including but not limited to Defendants website, webpages, mobile application, across the globe.

iv. Pass a decree of mandatory injunction in favour of the Plaintiff directing the Defendants, their employees, agents, officers, assigns, representatives, group companies to forthwith block/remove the news/post/URLs/Weblinks containing or purporting to contain in part or whole the contents of the impugned book/audiobook/video recording including but not limited to the impugned URLs/ Weblinks across the globe from channels/websites, webpages, mobile application on receipt of a complaint by the Plaintiff;

v. Pass a decree of rendition of accounts of the Defendants whereby conducting an enquiry as to assess the exact quantum of revenue generated by the Defendants by airing/publishing/ televising or propagating the impugned book/audiobook/ interview/ post/ articles/ weblinks/ URLs, defaming the Plaintiff;

vi. For costs of this suit;

vii. Any other and further reliefs as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper to meet the ends of justice”

2. It is the case of the Plaintiff that the Defendant has indulged in maligning and defaming the Plaintiff, a distinguished officer, in a book titled “Black Warrant: Confessions of a Tihar Jailer”.

3. It is stated that the book alleges that, while the Plaintiff was serving as the Deputy Superintendent of Jail No. 4, Tihar Jail, certain inmates escaped from the prison owing to his negligence. The Plaintiff contends that no such incident ever took place.

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