Overview

• The division bench of Acting Chief Justice P.B. Bajanthri and Justice Alok Kumar Sinha directed Meta, Google/YouTube and X to stop circulating the video until further orders.
• The court issued notices to Rahul Gandhi, the Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee, the Union and Bihar governments, and the Election Commission, seeking their responses.
• The 36-second clip, posted by Bihar Congress on September 10 and labeled “AI GENERATED,” portrayed the prime minister dreaming of his late mother criticizing his politics in poll-bound Bihar.
• Delhi Police registered an FIR on September 13 after a complaint by BJP Delhi Election Cell convenor Sanket Gupta alleging defamation related to the video.
• BJP and NDA leaders condemned the post as disrespectful, while Congress said no insult was intended and the state unit initiated an internal inquiry.