Overview
- Delhi’s Rohini court reserved its verdict on Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s appeal against the September 6 ex‑parte injunction, with no interim stay granted.
- Adani Enterprises’ counsel told the appellate court that no coercive steps would be taken against the appellants until Friday when the main suit returns before the civil judge.
- In Newslaundry’s appeal, District Judge Sunil Chaudhary sought a reply from Adani Enterprises and listed the case for October 15.
- The Principal District and Sessions Judge declined to transfer appeals by Thakurta and Newslaundry to Judge Ashish Aggarwal, leaving the matters with Judge Chaudhary despite Aggarwal having quashed the order for four other journalists on September 18.
- The Delhi High Court will hear on September 25 petitions by Newslaundry and Ravish Kumar challenging the Centre’s MIB communication that triggered takedowns of 138 YouTube links and 83 Instagram posts under the court’s John Doe‑style order.