Overview

• The ad‑interim order directs 12 named individuals and entities, including the Samajwadi Party Media Cell, Ragini Nayak, Saurabh Bhardwaj and journalist Abhisar Sharma, to remove specified posts within 24 hours.
• If any defendant does not comply, X Corp must take down and de‑index the flagged URLs within 72 hours upon intimation from Bhatia under the intermediary rules.
• The court ordered immediate removal of a morphed post by user @VishPatel644653 and asked X to disclose subscriber information for several defendants and that user within a week.
• Justice Amit Bansal held that public figures face a higher threshold for defamation and found no invasion of privacy since Bhatia chose to appear live on television in casual shorts.
• Broader claims against satirical or hyperbolic posts were not injuncted ex parte, with procedural dates set for October 30 before the Joint Registrar and November 19 before the court.