Mr Nalin Satyakam Kohli v. D B Corp Limited & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
CS(OS) 239/2025, High Court of Delhi, order dated 17.04.2025 by Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora; defamation suit by Nalin Satyakam Kohli v. D B Corp Limited & Ors.; disposal of suit on statements/undertakings with consent; corrigendum/clarification on Dainik Bhaskar website 'Top News' and 'X' handle pinned for seven days; removal of Plaintiff's name/photograph from impugned video with 'beep' censoring; deletion of Plaintiff's name from impugned news article; Defendant No.2 enjoined from re-posting impugned truncated video after removing tweet; suit not pressed qua Defendant Nos. 5 and 6 to 10 with liberty to file fresh proceedings; exemption from certified annexure copies; extension of Court fee deposit time; no order as to costs; digitally signed order treated as certified copy.
What did the court decide?
Exemption from filing certified/typed/original annexure copies granted subject to filing within four weeks; time to deposit Court fee extended by two weeks; suit disposed of qua Defendant Nos. 1, 3 and 4 with their statements taken on record and binding them thereto (agreed Hindi corrigendum/clarification removing the Plaintiff's name/photograph and adding his response, pinned for seven days on Defendant No.1's website 'Top News' section and @Dainik Bhaskar 'X' handle; Plaintiff's photograph/name removed from the impugned video with the name reference by Defendant No.8 censored by a 'beep'; Plaintiff's name deleted from the impugned news article authored by Defendant Nos. 3 and 4); Defendant No. 2, having already removed the impugned tweet and truncated video, enjoined from re-posting the impugned truncated video; suit disposed of as not pressed qua Defendant Nos. 5 and 6 to 10, with liberty reserved to the Plaintiff to initiate fresh proceedings should any cause of action arise; no order as to costs.