Overview

• Delhi High Court closed pleas by Newslaundry and Ravish Kumar after noting an understanding that Adani will not seek additional removals of material already online as of 12 pm on September 26 until the interim‑injunction application is decided.
• The understanding records that any content already taken down will not be re‑uploaded, and it will subsist only until the trial court rules on Adani’s Order 39 Rules 1 and 2 CPC application.
• The Union government said its September 16 communication was informational and will issue a corrigendum in light of the parties’ understanding.
• On September 25, District Judge Sunil Chaudhary ruled that Paranjoy Guha Thakurta need not comply with the September 6 ex parte injunction, and directed the Senior Civil Judge to hear him with other defendants at 2 pm on September 26 and pass fresh orders.
• Earlier, on September 18, another appellate court set aside the gag order against four journalists, after a September 6 order had directed takedowns within 36 hours in Adani Enterprises’ defamation suit and was circulated to intermediaries by the I&B Ministry.