Overview

• Justice Amit Bansal directed 11 defendants to delete specified posts within 24 hours, with X required to de‑index them within 72 hours on Bhatia’s notice if they do not comply, including posts by the Samajwadi Party Media Cell, journalist Abhisar Sharma, and politicians Ragini Nayak and Saurabh Bhardwaj.
• The court ordered immediate removal of a morphed post by user @VishPatel644653 and restrained circulation of explicit, obscene or sexually suggestive material about Bhatia.
• X must disclose within one week the subscriber information of several defendants and the user behind the morphed post to preserve evidence.
• Posts that appear satirical, humorous or hyperbolic were not restrained at this stage, reflecting the court’s view that public figures face a higher bar for defamation claims.
• The court found no invasion of privacy from the televised debate clip and scheduled further proceedings for October 30 before the Joint Registrar and November 19 before the court.