Delhi High Court - Orders
(50) Laksh Vir Singh Yadav vs Union Of India & Ors on 7 November, 2025
Author: Sachin Datta
Bench: Sachin Datta
$~50 to 84
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ W.P.(C) 1021/2016, CM APPL. 4449/2016, CM APPL. 4263/2017
(50) LAKSH VIR SINGH YADAV .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11553/2021, CM APPL. 35651/2021
(51) 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
(52) ANTRIKSH JOHRI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 3918/2021, CM APPL. 19941/2021
(53) JORAWER SINGH MUNDY @ JORAWAR SINGH MUNDY
.....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6790/2021, CM APPL. 21682/2024
(54) ASHUTOSH KAUSHIK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8209/2021
(55) SHEKHAR SINGH JADAUN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11372/2022, CM APPL. 33466/2022
(56) MR. SATINDER SINGH BHASIN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12567/2022, CM APPL. 38058/2022
(57) DR. ASHOK KUMAR CHOUDHARY .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 1671/2022, CM APPL. 4805/2022
(58) MOLEESHA .....Petitioner
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versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8658/2022, CM APPL. 26071/2022
(59) DHAWAL KUMAR .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 8557/2021
(60) JAIDEEP MIRCHANDANI & ANR. .....Petitioners
versus
UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION AND IT &
ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12620/2021
(61) 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
(62) DR. ISHWARPRASAD GILADA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2353/2023
(63) SANJEEV SEHGAL .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 4094/2023, CM APPL. 15925/2023
(64) SHAKTINIDHI BAKHSHI .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 5400/2023, CM APPL. 21149/2023
(65) SK .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9824/2023, CM APPL. 37746/2023, 37747/2023,
27142/2024
(66) D G .....Petitioner
versus
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UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 5608/2023, CM APPL. 21997/2023
(67) MR. SJ . .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 13461/2023, CM APPL. 53143/2023
(68) RAKESH KUMAR TIWARY .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 16476/2023, CM APPL. 66342/2023
(69) HH .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 13192/2024, CM APPL. 55091/2024, 55092/2024,
57965/2024, 71767/2024
(70) MR. X .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6695/2024, CM APPL. 52989/2024, CM APPL. 71778/2024
(71) PRITAM ASHOK SADAPHULE .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 2887/2025, CM APPL. 16505/2025
(72) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 3687/2024, CM APPL. 15177/2024
(73) AK & ANR. .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 6047/2024
(74) X AND ANR .....Petitioners
versus
REGISTRAR GENERAL DELHI HIGH COURT AND OTHERS
.....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 7763/2024
(75) DEEPTI SHARMA .....Petitioner
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versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9940/2024
(76) P P MADHAVAN .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 12179/2024, CM APPL. 50680/2024, CM APPL.
50681/2024
(77) PRANAV GUPTA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 30/2025, CM APPL. 71/2025
(78) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y .....Respondent
+ W.P.(C) 1567/2025, CM APPL. 7657/2025, CM APPL. 12985/2025
(79) X .....Petitioner
versus
Y & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 9929/2025, CM APPL. 45429/2025
(80) X .....Petitioner
versus
INDIAN KANOON.ORG AND ORS .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11714/2025, CM APPL. 47988/2025
(81) JASPREET SINGH .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 11862/2025
(82) MITHILA MURADA .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
+ W.P.(C) 14696/2025, CM APPL. 60270/2025
(83) MNK .....Petitioner
Through:
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ORS. .....Respondent
Through:
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+ W.P.(CRL) 1861/2022, CRL.M.A. 16127/2022
(84) R.K. BHARDWAJ .....Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents
Presence: Mr. Rohit Madan, Advocate for Petitioner.
Ms. Aditi Mohan and Mr. Sparsh Goel, Advocates for
Respondent No.5 in Item No.52.
Mr. Shri Singh, Ms. Tusharika Mattoo, Ms. Surbhi and Ms.
Shivani Sehrawat, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.51.
Mr. Farman Ali, CGSC along with Ms. Usha Jamnal,
Advocates for Respondent.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Advocate and Mr. Rahul Bhatt, Advocate
for Petitioner (through VC) in Item No.53.
Mr. Rohan Rai and Ms. Amisha Ray, Advocates for Petitioner
in Item No.61.
Mr. Jivesh Tiwari, CGSC along with Ms. Samiksha, Advocates
for Respondent / UOI in Item No.61.
Ms. Neeha Nagpal, Mr. Malak Bhatt and Mr. Nikunj Mahajan
Advocates for the Petitioner (through VC) in Item No.56.
Mr. Ajit Warrier, Mr. Angad Kochhar and Ms. Sakshi Agarwal,
Advocates for R-7 in Item No.56.
Mr. Akshat Bajpai, Mr. Shobhit Trehan, Ms. Renuka
Parmanand and Ms. Vedika Dalmia, Advs. (through v/c) for
Petitioner in Item No.54.
Mr. P.R. Raghans, Mr. Vivek Singh, Mr. Tarun Kumar and Ms.
Pratibha, Advs. for R-6 in Item No.61 and 68.
Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Mr. Siddart Goswami, Ms. Geetanjali
Reddy and Mr. Aditya Sachdeva, Advocates for Petitioner in
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Item no.57.
Mr. Arvind Nigam, Sr. Adv., Ms. Mamta R. Jha, Mr. Rohon
Ahuja, Ms. Shruttima Ehersa, Ms. Amishi Sodani, Ms. Diya
Vishwanath, Ms. Aishwarya Debadarshini and Ms. Jahanvi
Agarwal, Advocates for R-2/Google LLC in Item Nos.50 to 69
& 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 79, 80, 82 & 84.
Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Ms. Akansha Singh and
Mr. Apaar Puri, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.59.
Mr. Prashant Katara and Ms. Sakshi Jain, Advocates for
petitioner (through VC) in Item No.67.
Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Ms. Shweta Soni, Ms. Akansha Singh, Mr.
Apaar Puri, Advocates for Petitioner.
Ms. Abhiti Vaccher, Mr. Aman Vachher, Advocates for
petitioners in Item No.60.
Mr. Jivesh Kumar Tiwari, CGSC for Respondent No. 1, 2 & 7
(UOI).
Mr. Rohit Anil Rathi, Advocate along with Ms. Yashas RK,
Ms. Niharika Singh, Advocates for the petitioner in Item No.62
(through VC)
Mr. Shahruk Ejaz and Ms. Muskan Sehgal, Advocates for R-14.
Mr. Sanjeev Sehgal, Ms. Sunita Choubey, Advocates for
Petitioner in Item No.63.
Mr. Prashant Diwan and Ms. Ishika Jindal, Advocates (through
VC) for Petitioner in Item No.65.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Mr. Saurabh
Kumar, Ms. Rose Maria Sebi, Advocates for Yahoo India in
Item Nos.67, 71, 56 and 79.
Mr. Nitinjya Chaudhry, CGSC along with Mr. Rahul Mourya,
Advocates for UOI in Item No.70.
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Dr. Abhimanyu Chopra, Ms. Sherna, Mr. Akilesh Menezes and
Mr. Kushagra Jain, Advocates for R-16 in Item No.79.
Mr. Jitendra Kumar Tripathi and Mr. Sumit Kumar Raj,
Advocates for UOI in Item No.64.
Mr. Trideep Pais, Sr. Advocate along with Ms. Neha Rathi and
Ms. Kajal Giri, Ms. Saloni Ambastha and Ms. Swati Jain,
Advocates for Petitioner in Item no.70.
Mr. Shiven Varma, Advocate for R-2 in Item No.83.
Mr. R. Venkat Prabhat, Advocate along with Ms. Kamna
Behrani, Mr. Ansh Kalra and Mr. Neeraj Paulose, Advocates
for Respondent / UOI in Item No.72.
Mr. Jawahar Raja and Mr. Nitai Hindija, Advocates for Indian
Kanoon in Item Nos.50 to 84.
Mr. Kanishk Kumar, Ms. Deepika Pokharia and Mr. Priyansh
Kohli, Advocate for R-3 in Item No.71 and R-5 in Item No.79.
Mr. Rakesh Taneja, Advocate for Petitioner in Item No.71.
Mr. Kumar Sameer, Advocate (through VC) for Petitioner in
Item No.72.
Mr. Kapil Sankhla, Mr. Akhilesh Aggarwal, Advocates for
Petitioner (through VC) in Item No.73.
Ms. Avshreya Pratap Singh Rudy, CGSC along with Ms. Usha
Jamnal, Mr. Mohammad Junaid Mahmood and Ms. Prajna
Pandita, Advocates for R-1/UOI in Item No.75.
Mr. Rakesh Kumar, SPC along with Mr. Sunil, Advocate for
UOI in Item No.67.
Mr. Rudra Paliwal, GP for UOI in Item No.72.
Mr. Varun Pathak, Mr. Yash Karunakaran, Ms. Amee Rana,
Mr. Vishesh Sharma, Ms. Prasidhi Agrawal and Ms. Sana
Banyal, Advocates for R-4 in Item No.81 and for R-3 in Item
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No.70.
Mr. Vikas Chhabra, Mr. Raunak Uuttsya, Ms. Gauri Batra, Mr.
Samarth Talwar and Mr. Abhishek Bagga, Advocates for
Petitioner in Item No.69.
Mr. Rajiv Mohan, Ms. Shalini Sinha and Ms. Mahika Pant,
Advocates for Petitioners in Item No.84.
Mr. Shahrukh Ejaz and Ms. Muskan Sehgal, Advocates for R-
14 in Item No.55
Mr. Archit Mudgal, Advocate for Petitioner in Item No.76.
Mr. Ankit Sahni, Advocate along with Mr. Chirag Ahluwalia,
Adv., Mr. Mohit Maru, Advocates for the Petitioner in Item
No.77 (through VC).
Mr. Aditya Agarwal, Counsel for Petitioner in Item No.78
(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
in Item No.62.
Mr. Ankit Parhar and Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocates for R-7
in Item No.80 (through VC).
Mr. Akhil Saxena, Ms. Pragya Jain and Mr. Palak Batra and
Mr. Rajat Chauhan, Advocates for R-13 in Item Nos.55 & 79.
Mr. Akhil Sibal, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Rahul Kumar,
Ms. Alisha Roy, Mr. Krishnesh Bapat, Mr. Debmalya Ganguly
and Mr. Ayush Tewari, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.79.
Mr. Chandan Sharma and Ms. Aparna Iyer, Advocates for the
Petitioner in Item No.81 (through VC).
Ms. Arunima Dwivedi, CGSC along with Ms. Himanshi Singh,
Mr. Harpal Singh, Ms. Monalisha Pradhan and Mr. Amit Dutta,
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Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.57, 61 and 64.
Mr. Bhagvan Swarup Shukla, CGSC along with Mr. Pradhumn
Kumar Singh and Ms. Priya Dwivedi, Advocates for UOI in
Item Nos.50, 74.
Ms. Smriti Sinha, Mr. Satyam Thareja, Ms. Vasundhara
Nagrath, Mr. Nikhil Gupta, Advocates for Petitioner in Item
No.66.
Ms. Manisha Aggarwal Narain, CGSC along with Mr. Navneet
Saharan, Advocate and Mr. Aakash Pathak, GP, Advocates for
UOI in Item No.71.
Mr. Bhagwan Swarup Shukla, CGSC along with Mr. Yash
Baroliya, Advocate for UOI in Item No.75.
Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC along with Ms. Ira Singh and
Mr. Aryan Dhaka, Advocates for UOI in Item No.82.
Ms. Shiva Lakshmi along with Mr. Madhav Bajaj, Advocates
for UOI in Item Nos.53, 54 & 70.
Mr. Vivek Reddy, Mr. Varun Pathak, Ms. Amee Rana, Mr.
Vishesh Sharma and Ms. Prasidhi Agrawal, Advocates for
Meta Platforms in Item No.71.
Mr. Rahul Sagar Sahay, Mr. Pratham Arora and Mr. Raghav
Rajmalani, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.58.
Mr. Joydeep Sarma and Mr. Kaushal Kapoor, Advocates for
R-14 in Item No.72.
Mr. Ashish Verma, Mr. Saksham Thareja, Mr. Nikhil Thakur
and Mr. Akhil Ranganathan. S, Advocates for Respondent No.5
in Item No.67 and for Respondent No.4 in Item No.72.
Mr. Jai Shankar, Ms. Nandita Rao, Mr. Manoj Kumar Makhija,
Mr. Ashish Kumar, Ms. Neelam Goswami and Ms. Lochan
Rajput, Advocates for Petitioner in Item No.82.
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Mr. Parmeet Singh, Mr. Sagar Saxena, Mr. Sarthak Pandey and
Mr. Krishnandu Haldar, Advocates for Petitioner in Item
No.75.
Mr. Piyush Beriwal, Ms. Ruchita Srivastava, Advocates for R-1
in Item No.63.
Mr. Amit Chadha, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Chinmaya
Sejwal, Mr. Harjas Singh and Mr. Dhruv, Advocates for
Petitioner in Item No.83.
Mr. Rishabh Kumar, Advocate for R-4 in Item No.74.
Mr. Saurabh Seth, Panel Counsel for Delhi High Court along
with Ms. Neelampreet Kaur , Mr. Kabir Dev and Mr. Sukhbir
Singh, Advocates for R-2 (Delhi High Court) in Item Nos.72
and 82.
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.59 & 62.
Mr. Mukul Singh, CGSC along with Ms. Ira Singh and
Mr. Adhiraj Singh, Advocates for UOI in Item Nos.70, 74 &
78.
Mr. Amit Bajaj, Advocate for HT Digital Streams Ltd. [URL
No.3(i)] in CM APPL.59113/2023 in Item No.52 (through VC).
Mr. Amit Bajaj and Mr. Puneet Bajaj, Advocates for R-10 in
Item No.54 & 72 (through VC).
Mr. Amit Bajaj and Mr. Puneet Bajaj, Advocates for R-10, 11
& 14 in Item No.79 (through VC).
Mr. Ajay Bhargava and Mr. Milind Sharma, Advocates for
Respondent in Item No.65.
Ms. Pratima N. Lakra, CGSC along with Mr. Shailendra Kumar
Mishra, Mr. Shivansh Bansal and Ms. Raunak, Advocates for
UOI in Item No.80.
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Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC along with Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Mr.
Ayush Tanwar, Mr. Arpan Narwal and Mr. Kushagra Malik,
Advocates for UOI in Item No.76.
Mr. Neeraj, SPC along with Mr. Soumyadip Chakraborty,
Advocates for Respondents in Item No.59.
Mr. Divyansh Tiwari, Advocate for R-13 in Item No.69.
Mr. Himanshu Pathak, SPC along with Mr. Amit Singh,
Advocate for UOI (through VC) in Item No.66.
Mr. Amit Bajaj and Mr. Puneet Bajaj, Advocates for R-10 in
Item No.73 (through VC).
Mr. Ajay Bhargava, Mr. Abhisaar Bairagi and Mr. Milind
Sharma, Advocates for R-5 (through VC) in Item No.61.
Mr. Nirmal Mishra and Ms. Naisargika, Advocates for
Respondent no. 22 in Item No.78 & 79 .
Ms. Radhika Bishwajit Dubey, CGSC along with Ms. Gurleen
Kaur Waraich, Mr. Kritarth Upadhyay, Mr. Mathy V. K., and
Ms. Aprajita Verma, Advocates for Respondents in Item
Nos.60, 65, 78 & 84.
Ms. Nidhi Raman, CGSC, Mr. Arnav Mittal and Mr. Mayank
Sansanwal, Advs., UOI in Item Nos.56 and 79 (through VC).
Mr. Gaurav Dhama, Nominated Counsel along with Mr. Sumit
Kumar Gaur, Mr. Ashok Kumar Singh and Ms. Sushree Sipra
Sahu, Advocates for R-2 in Item No.66, 69 and for R-4 in Item
Nos.65 and 75 & for R-5 in Item No.73, for R-1 in Item No.74,
for R-3 in Item No.79.
Mr. Samiron Borkataky, Mr. Ikshvaaku Marwah and Mr.
Madhupreeta Nayak, Advocates for R-26 in Item no.79.
Mr. Vikas Kr. Sharma, Advocate for R1/ MHA in Item No. 83.
Ms. Anuja Saxena, Ms. Abhilasha Chaudhary, Advs. for
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Petitioner in Item No.52.
Ms. Shivanjali Bhalerao, Ms. Tara Narula, Advs. for Petitioner
in Item No. 64.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA
ORDER
% 07.11.2025
1. Mr. Akhil Sibal, learned senior counsel for the petitioner in W.P.(C) 1567/2025 has addressed rejoinder arguments in part.
2. List for remaining arguments on 06.12.2025.
3. During the course of hearing, Mr. Akhil Sibal, learned senior counsel for the petitioner in W.P.(C) 1567/2025 has handed over a compilation of judgments and a short note of submissions. Let the same be filed in the Registry, and be placed on record.
SACHIN DATTA, J NOVEMBER 7, 2025/r This is a digitally signed order.
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