Delhi High Court - Orders
(2) Laksh Vir Singh Yadav vs Union Of India & Ors on 6 October, 2025
Author: Sachin Datta
Bench: Sachin Datta
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+ W.P.(C) 1021/2016, CM APPL. 4449/2016, CM APPL. 4263/2017
(2) LAKSH VIR SINGH YADAV .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11553/2021, CM APPL. 35651/2021
(3) ATUL DIKSHIT .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 14360/2021, CM APPL. 45255/2021, CM APPL. 2897/2022
CM APPL. 59113/2023
(4) ANTRIKSH JOHRI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 3918/2021, CM APPL. 19941/2021
(5) JORAWER SINGH MUNDY @ JORAWAR SINGH MUNDY
.....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6790/2021, CM APPL. 21682/2024
(6) ASHUTOSH KAUSHIK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8209/2021
(7) SHEKHAR SINGH JADAUN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11372/2022, CM APPL. 33466/2022
(8) MR. SATINDER SINGH BHASIN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12567/2022, CM APPL. 38058/2022
(9) DR. ASHOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 1671/2022, CM APPL. 4805/2022
(10) MOLEESHA .....Petitioner
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versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8658/2022, CM APPL. 26071/2022
(11) DHAWAL KUMAR .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8557/2021
(12) JAIDEEP MIRCHANDANI & ANR. .....Petitioners
versus
UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND IT &
ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12620/2021
(13) MOHAMMED UMAR ASHRAFI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA THROUGH MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
AND BROADCASTING & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2134/2023, CM APPL. 8060/2023
(14) DR. ISHWARPRASAD GILADA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2353/2023
(15) SANJEEV SEHGAL .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 4094/2023, CM APPL. 15925/2023
(16) SHAKTINIDHI BAKHSHI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 5400/2023, CM APPL. 21149/2023
(17) SK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9824/2023, CM APPL. 37746/2023, 37747/2023,
27142/2024
(18) D G .....Petitioner
versus
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UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 5608/2023, CM APPL. 21997/2023
(19) MR. SJ . .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 13461/2023, CM APPL. 53143/2023
(20) RAKESH KUMAR TIWARY .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 16476/2023, CM APPL. 66342/2023
(21) HH .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 13192/2024, CM APPL. 55091/2024, 55092/2024,
57965/2024, 71767/2024
(22) MR. X .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6695/2024, CM APPL. 52989/2024, CM APPL. 71778/2024
(23) PRITAM ASHOK SADAPHULE .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2887/2025, CM APPL. 16505/2025
(24) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 3687/2024, CM APPL. 15177/2024
(25) AK & ANR. .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6047/2024
(26) X AND ANR .....Petitioners
versus
REGISTRAR GENERAL DELHI HIGH COURT AND OTHERS
.....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 7763/2024
(27) DEEPTI SHARMA .....Petitioner
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versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9940/2024
(28) P P MADHAVAN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12179/2024, CM APPL. 50680/2024, CM APPL.
50681/2024
(29) PRANAV GUPTA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 30/2025, CM APPL. 71/2025
(30) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y .....Respondent
+ W.P.(C) 1567/2025, CM APPL. 7657/2025, CM APPL. 12985/2025
(31) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9929/2025, CM APPL. 45429/2025
(32) X .....Petitioner
versus
INDIAN KANOON.ORG AND ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11714/2025, CM APPL. 47988/2025
(33) JASPREET SINGH .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11862/2025
(34) MITHILA MURADA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(CRL) 1861/2022, CRL.M.A. 16127/2022
(35) R.K. BHARDWAJ .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 14696/2025, CM APPL. 60270/2025
(41) MNK .....Petitioner
versus
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UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
Presence: Mr. Rohit Madan, Advocate for Petitioner in Item No.2.
Ms. Aditi Mohan and Mr. Sparsh Goel, Advocates for
Respondent No.5 in Item No.2.
Mr. Shri Singh, Ms. Tusharika Mattoo and Ms. Shivani
Sehrawat, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.3.
Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC along with Ms. Usha Jamnal,
Advocates for Respondent in Item No.1 & 3.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate for Petitioner in Item No.5
(through VC).
Mr. Rohan Rai, Advocate for Petitioner in Item No.13.
Mr. Jivesh Tiwari, CGSC along with Ms. Samiksha, Advocates
for Respondent / UOI in Item No.13.
Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Mr. Malak Bhatt and Mr. Nikunj Mahajan
Advocates for the Petitioner in Item No.8 (through VC).
Mr. Ajit Warrier and Ms. Sakshi Agarwal, Advocates for R-7 in
Item No.8.
Mr. Arvind Nigam, Sr. Advocate along with Ms. Mamta R. Jha,
Mr. Rohan Ahuja, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, Ms. Amishi Sodani,
Ms. Divya Viwanath, Ms. Aiswarya Debadarshini, Ms. Jahanvi
Agarwal and Mr. Sohail Mahomed Parvez Pagarkar, Advocates
for R-2/Google LLC in Item Nos.2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 33,
35.
Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Ms. Akansha Singh and
Mr. Apaar Puri, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.11
(through VC).
Mr. Prashant Katara and Ms. Sakshi Jain, Advocates for
petitioner in Item No.19 (through VC).
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Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Ms. Akansha Singh, Mr.
Apaar Puri, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.11 (through
VC).
Ms. Abhiti Vaccher, Mr. Aman Vachher, Mr. Akshat Vachher
and Ms. Poonam Nagpal, Advocates for petitioner in Item
No.12.
Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC for Respondent No. 1, 2 & 7
(UOI) in Item No.13 (through VC).
Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, Advocate along with Ms. Yashas RK,
Ms. Niharika Singh, Advocates for the petitioner in Item No.14
(through VC).
Mr. Shahruk Ejaz and Ms. Muskan Sehgal, Advocates for R-14
in Item No.6.
Mr. Sanjeev Sehgal, Ms. Sunita Choubey, Mr. Vivek Kumar
Arora, Mr. Anshu Kumar Mishra and Ms. Prathana, Advocates
for Petitioner in Item No.15.
Mr. Prashant Diwan, Advocate (through VC) for Petitioner in
Item No.17 (through VC).
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Mr. Saurabh
Kumar, Ms. Rose Maria Sebi, Mr. Saksham Chaturvedi and
Ms. Kona Sai Vedasvi, Advocates for Yahoo in Item Nos.19
and 21 (through VC).
Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhry, CGSC along with Mr. Rahul Mourya,
Advocates for UOI in Item No.22.
Mr. Trideep Pais, Sr. Advocate along with Ms. Neha Rathi and
Ms. Kajal Giri, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.22.
Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, SPC along with Ms. Kamna Behrani,
Mr. Ansh Kalra and Mr. Neeraj Paulose, Advocates for R-1 in
Item No.24.
Mr. Jawahat Raja, Ms. Aditi Saraswat and Ms. Nitai Hindija,
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Advocates for Indian Kanoon in Item Nos.2 to 35.
Mr. Kanishk Kumar, Ms. Deepika Pokharia and Mr. Priyansh
Kohli, Advocate for R-3 in Item No.23 and for R-5 in Item
No.31.
Mr. Rakesh Taneja, Advocate for Petitioner in Item No.23.
Mr. Kumar Sameer, Advocate (through VC) for Petitioner in
Item No.24.
Mr. Kapil Sankhla, Mr. Vipul Grover and Mr. Fagun Sharma,
Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.25.
Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, CGSC along with Ms. Usha
Jamnal, Ms. Harshita Chaturvedi, Mr. Mohammad Junaid
Mahmood and Mr. Adarsh Kumar Gupta, Advocates for R-1 in
Item No.27.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, SPC along with Mr. Sunil, Advocate for
UOI in Item No.19.
Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Yash Karunakaran and Ms. Sana
Banyal, Advocates for R-4 in Item No.33.
Mr. Rajiv Mohan, Ms. Shalini Sinha and Ms. Mahika Pant,
Advocates for Petitioners in Item No.35.
Mr. Shahrukh Ejaz and Ms. Muskan Sehgal, Advocates for R-
14 in Item No.6.
Mr. Ankit Sahni, Advocate along with Mr. Chirag Ahluwalia,
Adv., Mr. Mohit Maru, Advocates for the Petitioner in Item
No.29 (through VC).
Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Counsel for Petitioner in Item No.30
(through VC).
Mr. Prashant Kumar and Mr. Amit Singh, Advocates for R-30
in Item No.26 (through VC).
Mr. Ankit Parhar and Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocates for R-4
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in Item No.13 (through VC).
Mr. Ankit Parhar and Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocates for R-7
in Item No.31 (through VC).
Mr. Akhil Saxena, Ms. Pragya Jain and Mr. Palak Batra and
Mr. Rajat Chauhan, Advocates for R-13 in Item Nos.6 & 30.
Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Rahul Kumar,
Ms. Alisha Roy and Mr. Krishnesh Bapat, Advocates for
Petitioner in Item No.31.
Mr. Chandan Sharma and Ms. Aparna Iyer, Advocates for the
Petitioner in Item No.32 (through VC).
Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC along with Ms. Himanshi Singh,
Ms. Monalisha Pradhan and Ms. Priya Khurana, Advocates for
UOI in Item Nos.9, 13 & 16.
Ms. Smriti Sinha, Mr. Satyam Thareja, Ms. Vasundhara
Nagrath, Mr. Harshit Pandey, Advocates for Petitioner in Item
No.18.
Ms. Manisha Aggarwal, CGSC along with Mr. Nipun Jain,
Advocate and Mr. Aakash Pathak, GP for UOI in Item No.23.
Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC along with Mr. Yash
Baroliya, Advocate for UOI in Item No.26.
Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC along with Ms. Ira Singh and
Mr. Aryan Dhaka, Advocates for UOI in Item No.33.
Ms. Shiva Lakshmi, Mr. Madhav Bajaj and Ms. Esha Kumar,
Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.5, 6 and 22.
Mr. Vivek Reddy, Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, Mr.
Vishesh Sharma and Ms. Prasidhi Agrawal, Advocates for
Meta Platforms in Item No.22.
Mr. Rahul Sagar Sahay, Mr. Pratham Arora and Mr. Raghav
Rajmalani, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.10.
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Mr. Joydeep Sarma and Mr. Kaushal Kapoor, Advocates for R-
14.
Mr. Ashish Verma, Mr. Saksham Thareja, Mr. Nikhil Thakur
and Mr. Akhil, Advocates for Respondent in Item Nos.19 & 21.
Ms. Nandita Rao, Mr. Jai Shankar, Mr. Manoj Makhija, Mr.
Ashish Kumar and Ms. Lochan Rajput, Advocates for
Petitioner in Item No.34.
Mr. Sagar Saxena, Mr. Krishnandu Haldar and Mr. Sanjiv
Yadav, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.27.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms. Ruchita Srivastava and Ms. Amisha P.
Dash, Advocates in Item No.15.
Mr. Rishabh Kumar, Advocate for R-4 in Item No.25.
Mr. Saurabh Seth, SC for Delhi High Court along with Ms.
Sumeera Seth, Ms. Neelampreet Kaur and Mr. Abhiroop
Rathore and Mr. Kabir Dev, Advocates for R-2 in Item Nos.24
and 34.
Mr. Ruchir Mishrra, Mr. Sanjiv Kr. Saxena, Mr. Mukesh Kr.
Tiwari, Ms. Poonam Shukla and Ms. Reba Jena Mishra,
Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.11 and 14.
Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC along with Ms. Ira Singh and
Mr. Adhiraj Singh, Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.21, 25 &
29.
Mr. Amit Bajaj, Advocate for HT Digital Streams Ltd. [URL
No.3(i)] in CM APPL.59113/2023 in Item No.4 (through VC).
Mr. Amit Bajaj and Mr. Puneet Bajaj, Advocates for R-10 in
Item No.6 (through VC).
Mr. Amit Bajaj and Mr. Puneet Bajaj, Advocates for R-10, 11
& 14 in Item No. 31 (through VC).
Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Ms. Abhisaar Bairagi and Mr. Milind
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Sharma, Advocates for R-5 in Item No.13.
Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC along with Mr. Shailendra Kumar
Mishra, Mr. Shivansh Bansal and Ms. Raunak, Advocates for
R-2 and R-3 in Item No.32.
Mr. Neeraj, SPC along with Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty,
Advocates for Respondents in Item No.10.
Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Advocate for R-13 in Item No.21.
Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC along with Mr. Amit Singh,
Advocate for R-1 in Item No.18.
Mr. Amit Bajaj and Mr. Puneet Bajaj, Advocates for R-10 in
Item No.24 (through VC).
Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Mr. Abhisaar Bairagi and Mr. Milind
Sharma, Advocates for R-5 (through VC).
Mr. Nirmal Mishra and Ms. Naisargika, Advocates for
Respondent no. 22 in Item No.30 (through VC).
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen
Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay and Ms. Aprajita Verma,
Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.12, 17, 30 and 35.
Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC along with Mr. Nikunj Bindal,
Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.8 and 31.
Mr. Samiron Borkataky, Mr. Ikshvaaku Marwah and Mr.
Madhupreeta Nayak, Advocates for R24 in Item no. 30 & 31.
Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC alongwith Mr. Yash
Baroliya and Mr. Pradyumn Singh, Advocates for UoI in item
no. 2.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA
ORDER
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1. Arguments on behalf of the respondents stand concluded.
2. List for rejoinder arguments on behalf of the petitioners on 27.10.2025, at the 'top of the board'.
SACHIN DATTA, J OCTOBER 6, 2025/r This is a digitally signed order.
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