IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision:10.03.2026 OM STERLING GLOBAL UNIVERSITY ... Petitioner Versus POONAM KATIYAL AND ANOTHER .. Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL Present: Mr. Sanchit Punia, Advocate for the petitioner.

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AMARINDER SINGH GREWAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioner, who is the plaintiff before the learned Trial Court, has filed the present civil revision petition assailing the order dated 02.02.2026 (Annexure P-4) passed by the learned Trial Court, whereby the application filed by defendant No.1 under Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 seeking rejection of the plaint has been allowed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties shall be referred to as per their status before the learned Trial Court.

3. In brief, the facts are that the plaintiff instituted a suit seeking damages of Rs. 1,50,00,000/- on account of defamation, alleging that the defendants during the months of September and October 2021 posted false, malicious, fake and vexatious allegations against the petitioner–plaintiff on various social media platforms including Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter. It has been alleged that such pos