Delhi High Court - Orders
(22) Laksh Vir Singh Yadav vs Union Of India & Ors on 19 December, 2025
Author: Sachin Datta
Bench: Sachin Datta
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 1021/2016, CM APPLs.4449/2016, 4263/2017
(22) LAKSH VIR SINGH YADAV .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11553/2021, CM APPL. 35651/2021
(23) ATUL DIKSHIT .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 14360/2021, CM APPLs.45255/2021, 2897/2022,
59113/2023
(24) ANTRIKSH JOHRI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 3918/2021, CM APPL.19941/2021
(25) JORAWER SINGH MUNDY @ JORAWAR SINGH MUNDY
.....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6790/2021, CM APPL.21682/2024
(26) ASHUTOSH KAUSHIK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8209/2021
(27) SHEKHAR SINGH JADAUN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11372/2022, CM APPL.33466/2022
(28) MR. SATINDER SINGH BHASIN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
W.P.(C) 1021/2016 and other connected matters Page 1 of 9
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+ W.P.(C) 12567/2022 and CM APPL.38058/2022
(29) DR. ASHOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 1671/2022 and CM APPL.4805/2022
(30) MOLEESHA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8658/2022 and CM APPL.26071/2022
(31) DHAWAL KUMAR .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8557/2021
(32) JAIDEEP MIRCHANDANI & ANR. .....Petitioners
versus
UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND IT &
ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12620/2021
(33) MOHAMMED UMAR ASHRAFI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
AND BROADCASTING & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2134/2023 and CM APPL.8060/2023
(34) DR. ISHWARPRASAD GILADA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2353/2023
(35) SANJEEV SEHGAL .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 4094/2023 and CM APPL.15925/2023
W.P.(C) 1021/2016 and other connected matters Page 2 of 9
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(36) SHAKTINIDHI BAKHSHI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 5400/2023 and CM APPL.21149/2023
(37) SK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9824/2023 and CM APPLs.37746/2023, 37747/2023,
27142/2024
(38) D G .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 5608/2023 and CM APPL.21997/2023
(39) MR. SJ . .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 13461/2023 and CM APPL.53143/2023
(40) RAKESH KUMAR TIWARY .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 16476/2023 and CM APPL.66342/2023
(41) HH .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 13192/2024 and CM APPLs.55091/2024, 55092/2024,
57965/2024, 71767/2024
(42) MR. X .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6695/2024 and CM APPLs.52989/2024, 71778/2024
(43) PRITAM ASHOK SADAPHULE .....Petitioner
W.P.(C) 1021/2016 and other connected matters Page 3 of 9
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versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2887/2025 and CM APPL.16505/2025
(44) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 3687/2024 and CM APPL.15177/2024
(45) AK & ANR. .....Petitioners
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6047/2024
(46) X AND ANR .....Petitioners
versus
REGISTRAR GENERAL DELHI HIGH COURT AND OTHERS
.....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 7763/2024
(47) DEEPTI SHARMA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9940/2024
(48) P P MADHAVAN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12179/2024 and CM APPLs.50680/2024, 50681/2024
(49) PRANAV GUPTA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 30/2025 and CM APPL.71/2025
(50) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y .....Respondent
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+ W.P.(C) 1567/2025 and CM APPLs.7657/2025, 12985/2025
(51) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9929/2025 and CM APPL.45429/2025
(52) X .....Petitioner
versus
INDIAN KANOON.ORG AND ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11714/2025 and CM APPL.47988/2025
(53) JASPREET SINGH .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11862/2025
(54) MITHILA MURADA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 14696/2025 and CM APPL.60270/2025
(55) MNK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(CRL) 1861/2022 and CM APPL.16127/2022
(56) R.K. BHARDWAJ .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
Through:
Presence:
Mr. Rohit Madan, Adv. for petitioner in item no.22.
Mr. Akshat Bajpai, Mr. Shobhit Trehan, Ms. Renuka Parmanand, Ms.
Vedika Dalmia, Mr. Atul Pandey, Ms. Jayashree Mishra, GP and Mr. G.P.
Bajpai, Advs. for petitioner in item no.26 (through v/c)
Mr. Furkan Ahmed, Adv. for petitioner (through v/c)
Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Mr. Malak Bhatt, Mr. Nikunj Mahajan and Mr. Rohan
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Tewari, Advs. for petitioner in item no.28 (through v/c)
Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Mr. Akansha Singh and Mr. Apaar
Puri, Advs. for petitioner in item no.31 (through v/c)
Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC, Mr. Akash Mishra, Mr. Arnav Mittal and Mr. Om
Ram, Advs., UOI in item nos.28 and 51.
Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Ms. Abhishas Bairagi and Mr. Milind Sharma, Advs.
for respondent in item no.33.
Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Mr. Siddhartha Goswami, Mr. Aditya Sachdeva and
Ms. Geetanjali Reddy, Advs. for petitioner in item no.29 (through v/c)
Mr. P.R. Rajhans, Mr. Vivek Singh, Mr. Tarun Kumar, Mr. Abhishek, Ms.
Pratibha, Advs. for R-6 (through v/c)
Mr. Sanjeev Sehgal, Ms. Sunita Choubey, Ms. Himanshi Chauhan and Mr.
Vershit Singh, Advs. for petitioner in item no.35 (through v/c)
Ms. Tara Narula and Mr. Harshvardhan Jain, Advs. for petitioner in item no.
36 (through v/c)
Mr. Prashant Diwan and Ms. Ishita, Advs. for petitioners in item no.37
(through v/c)
Mr. Prashant Katara and Ms. Sakshi Jain, Advs. for petitioner in item no.39
(through v/c)
Mr. Prashant Diwan and Ms. Ishita Jindal, Advs. for petitioner in item no.37
(through v/c)
Ms. Smriti Sinha, Mr. Satyam Thareja, Ms. Vasundhara Nagrath and Mr.
Nikhil Gupta, Advs. for petitioner in item no.38
Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC, Ms. Ira Singh, Mr. Aryan Dhaka, Advs. for UOI
in item nos.41, 45, 49 and 53.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Ms. Rose Maria Sebi, Ms.
Simran Jain, Advs. for R-10 in item no.39, for R-4 in item no.43, for R-6 in
item no.28 and for R-6 in item no.51.
Mr. Vikas Chhabra, Mr. Raunak Vurssya, Ms. Gauri Batra and Mr. Samarth
Talwar, Advs. for petitioner in item no.41.
Mr. Trideep Pais, Ms. Neha Rathi, Ms. Kajal Giri, Ms. Sakshi Jain, Ms.
Somya Kumari and Ms. Saloni Ambastha, Advs. for petitioner in item
no.42.
Mr. Rakesh Taneja, Adv. for petitioner in item no.43 (through v/c)
Mr. Kumar Sameer, Adv. for petitioner in item no.44 (through v/c)
Mr. Sagar Saxena, Mr. Ravneet Singh, Mr. Saarthak Pandey and Mr. Kunal
Aneja, Advs. for petitioner in item no.47.
Mr. Shri Singh, Ms. Tusharika Mattoo and Ms. Shivani Sehrawat,
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Advocates for petitioner in Item No.23.
Mr. Archit Mudgal, Adv. for petitioner in item no.48 (through v/c)
Mr. Jai Shankar, Ms. Nandita Rao and Ms. Lochan Rajput, Advs. for
petitioner in item no.54.
Ms. Shalini Sinha and Ms. Mahika Pant, Advs.
Mr. Rahul Sagar Sahay, Mr. Raghav Rajmalani and Mr. Pratham Arora,
Advocates for Petitioner in Item No. 30.
Mr. Rohan Rai and Ms. Amisha Ray, Advocates for Petitioner in Item
No.33.
Mr. Anshul Khatri and Mr. Mohit, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.53.
Mr. Ankit Sohri, Ms. Kritika Sahni, Mr. Chirag Ahluwalia, Advocates for
Petitioner in Item No.49.
Mr. Vivek Reddy, Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Vishesh Sharma and Ms. Prasidhi
Aggarwal, Advs. for R-4 in Item no.42.
Ms. Aditi Mohan and Mr. Sparsh Goel, Advs. in item no.22.
Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC and Ms. Usha Jamnal, Adv. for respondent in item
no.23 (through v/c)
Mr. Amit Bajaj, Adv. for HT Digital Streams Ltd. in item no.24, for R-10 in
item no.26, for R-10 in item no.44 and for R-10, 11, 14 in item no.51
(through v/c)
Mr. Shahrukh Ejaz and Ms. Muskan Sehgal, Advs. for R-13 (through v/c)
Ms. Shiva Lakshmi and Mr. Madhav Bajaj, Advs., UOI in item nos.25, 26.
Mr. Rishi K. Awasthi and Mr. Ishaan Raj, Advs. for R-6 in item no.26
(through v/c)
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen Kaur
Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay and Mr. Vivek Sharma, Advocates for UOI
in Item nos.32, 37, 50, 56, 59.
Mr. Akhil Saxena and Ms. Palak Batra, Advs. for R-13 in item no.26
(through v/c)
Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Yash Karunakaran and Ms. Sana Banyal, Advocates
for R-4 in item No,50.
Mr. Ruchir Mishra, Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Saxena, Mr. Mukesh Kumar Tiwari,
Ms. Poonam Shukla and Ms. Reba Jena Mishra, Advs., UOI in item nos.31
and 34.
Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC, Ms. Himanshi Singh and Ms. Monalisa
Pradhan, Advs. for UOI in item nos.29, 33, 36.
Mr. Neeraj, SPC and Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty, Adv. for respondent in
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item no.30 (through v/c)
Mr. Aman Vachher, Ms. Abhiti Vachher and Mr. Akshat Vachher, Advs. for
petitioner in item no.32.
Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC and Ms. Samiksha, Adv., UOI in item
nos.27, 33.
Mr. Ajit Warrier, Mr. Angad Kochhar and Ms. Sakshi Agarwal, Advs. for
R-7 (through v/c)
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms. Ruchita Srivstava and Ms. Neha, Advs. for R-1 in
item no.35.
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi and Mr. Sumit Kumar Raj, Advs. for UOI in
item no.36.
Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC and Mr. Chetan Sharma, Advs. for UOI in item
no.38.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, SPC and Mr. Sunil, Adv., UOI in item no.39.
Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Adv. for R-13 in item no.41.
Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhary, CGSC, Ms.Vidhi Gupta and Mr. Kultar, Advs. for
R-1/UOI in item no.42 (through v/c)
Mr. Kanishk Kumar, Ms. Deepika Pokharia and Mr. Priyansh Kohli, Advs.
for R-3 in item no.43 and for R-5 in item no.51 (through v/c)
Mr. Manish Agarwal Narain, CGSC, Mr. Aakash Pathak, GP and Mr. Nipun
Jain, Advs. for UOI in item no.43.
Mr. Joydeep Sarma and Mr. Kaushal Kapoor, Advs. for R-14 in item no.44.
Mr. Bhagvan Swaroop Shukla, CGSC, Ms. Ashutosh Pathak, Mr. Mukesh
Kumar Pandey and Mr. Praveen Gupta, Advs. for UOI in item nos.22 and
46.
Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC, Ms. Kamna Behrani, Mr. Ansh Kalra and Mr.
Neeraj P. Raj, Advs. for UOI in item no.44.
Mr. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, CGSC, Ms. Usha Jamnal, Ms. Prajna
Pandita and Ms. Nysa Sharma, Advs. for UOI in item no.47.
Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC, Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Mr.
Arpan Narwal and Mr. Kushagra Malik, Advs., UOI in item nos.48, 57.
Mr. Saurabh Seth, SC, Ms. Neelampreet Kaur, Mr. Abhiroop Rathore, Mr.
Kabir Dev and Mr. Sukhvir Singh, Advs. for R-2 in item nos.44, 54.
Dr. Abhimanyu Chopra, Mr. Kushagra Jain and Mr. Akilesh, Advs. for R-16
in item no.51.
Mr. Nirmal Mishra and Ms. Naisargika, Advs. for R-22 (through v/c)
Mr. Samiron Borkataky, Mr. Ikshvaaku Marwah and Ms. Madhupreeta
Nayak, Advs. for R-24 and 26 (through v/c)
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Mr. Gaurav Dhama, Nominated Counsel, Mr. Sumit Kumar Gaur, Mr.
Ashok Kukmar Singh and Ms. Sushree Sipra Sahu, Advs. for R-4 in item
no.37, for R-2 in item no.38, for R-2 in item no.41, for R-5 in item no.45,
for R-1 in item no.46, for R-4 in item no.47, for R-3 in item no.51 (through
v/c)
Mr. G.V.S Jagannadha Rao and Ms. Mrinali Garimella, Advs. for R-12 in
item no.44 (through v/c)
Mr. Rishabh Kumar, Adv. for R-4.
Mr. Rudra Paliwal, GP, UOI (through v/c)
Mr. Ankit Parihar and Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advs. for R-4 in item no.33,
for R-7 in item no.51 (through v/c)
Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC, Mr. Shailender Kumar Mishra, Mr. Chanakya
Kene and Ms. Mansi Aggarwal, Advs. for R-2 and 3 in item no.52.
Mr. Vikas Kumar Sharma, Sr. CGSC for R-1 in item no.55 (through v/c)
Mr. Shiven Verma, Panel Counsel, GNCTD for R-2 (through v/c)
Ms. Shweta Bharti, Ms. Tajaswini Chandrashekhar, Ms. Nikita Sharma and
Ms. Nishi Rathore, Advs. for R-3 (through v/c)
Ms. Mamta R. Jha, Mr. Rohan Ahuja, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, Ms. Amishit
Sodani, Ms. Diya Vishwanath, Ms. Aishwarya Debarshini, Ms. Jahanvi
Agarwal and Mr. Sohail Mahomed Parvez Pargarkar, Advs. for Google
LLC.
Mr. Jawahar Raja and Ms. Nitai Hinduja, Advs. for Indian Kanoon in item
nos.22 to 56.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA
ORDER
% 19.12.2025
1. Hearing stands substantially concluded.
2. The parties are at liberty to file their supplementary synopsis of submissions, not exceeding three pages, on or before 24.12.2025.
3. List for further hearing/ clarifications, if any, on 16.01.2026, in the category of "Part-Heard Matters".
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