Supreme Court - Daily Orders
Nakkheeran Publications vs Google Llc on 21 July, 2025
Author: Surya Kant
Bench: Surya Kant
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
TRANSFER PETITION (C) No.1403 OF 2025
NAKKHEERAN PUBLICATIONS & ANR. … PETITIONERS
Versus
GOOGLE LLC & ANR. … RESPONDENTS
O R D E R
1. On the joint request of learned Senior Counsel for the
parties, the main case, i.e., T.P.(C) No. 1403/2025 is taken on
Board.
2. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners, at the outset,
submits that he may be permitted to withdraw this Transfer Petition
with liberty to move appropriate application(s) before the Delhi
High Court (where the Suit is pending) raising all the objections
regarding non-maintainability of that Suit which have been raised in
the instant Transfer Petition. Ordered accordingly.
3. The Transfer Petition is, accordingly, dismissed as
withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to move the High Court
seeking all such reliefs as have been prayed for in the instant
Transfer Petition through an appropriate application.
4. It is clarified that we have not expressed any opinion on
the merits of the case.
IA No. 163088/2025
1. In view of the fact that the main Transfer Petition has
Signature Not Verified
been
Digitally signed by
SATISH KUMAR YADAV
dismissed as withdrawn, the instant application is also
Date: 2025.07.23
17:15:07 IST
disposed
Reason:
of as having become infructuous with liberty to the
applicant/respondent to move an appropriate application before the
Delhi High Court where the Civil Suit is pending.
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2. The High Court is requested to take up the applications
that may be filed by the petitioners as well as the application for
ad-interim injunction to be filed by the respondents and pass
appropriate orders at the earliest in accordance with law.
.........................J.
(SURYA KANT)
..............…….........J.
(JOYMALYA BAGCHI)
NEW DELHI;
JULY 21, 2025.
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ITEM NO.19 COURT NO.2 SECTION XIV
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Transfer Petition(s)(Civil) No(s).1403/2025
NAKKHEERAN PUBLICATIONS & ANR. Petitioner(s)
VERSUS
GOOGLE LLC & ANR. Respondent(s)
[ONLY I.A. NO. 163088/2025 IS LISTED UNDER THIS ITEM]
IA No. 163088/2025 - APPROPRIATE ORDERS/DIRECTIONS
Date : 21-07-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.
CORAM :
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI
For Petitioner(s) Mr. R Balasubramanian, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Yusuf, AOR
Mr. P.T. Perumal, Adv.
Ms. R.V. Shaarumathi, Adv.
Dr. Ram Sankar, Adv.
Mrs. Harini Ram Sankar, Adv.
Ms. K Vaijayanthi, Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.
Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.
Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv.
Mrs. Pushpaveni Kakkaje, Adv.
Ms. Deepsikha Mishra, Adv.
Mr. E.C. Agrawala, AOR
UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
O R D E R
The Transfer Petition is dismissed as withdrawn in terms of the signed order.
I.A. NO. 163088/2025The application is disposed of as having become infructuous in terms of the signed order.
(SATISH KUMAR YADAV) (PREETHI T.C.) ADDITIONAL REGISTRAR ASSISTANT REGISTRAR (Signed order is placed on the file) 4