Overview

• District Judge Sunil Chaudhary held that Guha Thakurta need not comply with the September 6 ex-parte order until the Senior Civil Judge hears him on September 26 at 2 p.m.
• Adani Enterprises told the Delhi High Court it will not press for further takedowns for portals and journalists with appeals pending, with parties asked to return with instructions on Friday.
• Newslaundry and Ravish Kumar are contesting the I&B Ministry’s September 16 communication to remove content, calling it executive overreach, while the government says it merely forwarded a court order under IT Rules.
• A separate appellate court on September 18 set aside the gag order for four journalists, calling the ex-parte removals sweeping and akin to deciding the suit without trial.
• The original September 6 injunction by Senior Civil Judge Anuj Kumar Singh restrained named journalists and unknown defendants and enabled intermediaries to remove flagged URLs within 36 hours.