Overview

• Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav held that Anurag Srivastava’s X posts were highly defamatory and unsubstantiated.
• The court disposed of TV Today Network’s 2020 suit after earlier interim restraints, with only damages and costs left to decide.
• Srivastava had deleted the tweets and gave an undertaking not to publish or republish similar content.
• The tweets followed Sardesai’s August 2020 interview with Rhea Chakraborty and included a bribery allegation and derogatory language.
• TV Today told the court the posts harmed its reputation and revenue, citing a year-over-year income decline in 2020–21.