Ajay Pal Sharma v. Dynamite News Network Private Limited
Case brief
What is this about?
Money suit and defamation-related injunction; disposal by consent/compromise decree in terms of Consent Terms dated 15.01.2025; Plaintiff abandoned monetary claim of Rs. 3 crores/Rs. 3 Crores sought as damages; Defendant undertook to take down and not republish the Articles and Videos (website articles and YouTube.com video); express stipulation of no finding on merits/right or wrong; decree sheet to be drawn by Registry; suit with pending applications I.A. 4714/2019 and I.A. 9439/2019 disposed of; Delhi High Court, CS(OS) 178/2019, Jyoti Singh, J., order dated 08.04.2025; no statute or precedent cited; no issues adjudicated.
What did the court decide?
Suit decreed and disposed of in terms of Consent Terms dated 15.01.2025: Plaintiff gave up the monetary claim of Rs. 3 Crores sought as damages and shall have no claim whatsoever in respect of the articles and videos; Defendant agreed and undertook to take down and not republish the Articles and Videos; the Consent Terms form part of the decree and bind the parties; Registry to draw up the decree sheet accordingly. No finding was recorded on the merits, the terms expressly clarifying that neither party is to be treated as right or wrong on merits.