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18. The defendant no.1, Satlok Ashram Foundation, is an organisation started by one Sant Rampal Maharaj.

19. The grievance of the plaintiff in the present suit is that the defendant no.1 and/or the followers of the defendant no.1 have published morphed/ misleading and infringing videos containing the plaintiffs' original content.

20. An illustration of the defendants infringing activities is provided in paragraphs 13 to 17 of the plaint wherein it is stated that on 28th June, 2025, a member of the plaintiff no.2 organisation came across a video posted by the defendant no.2 on the said date containing snippets from an original video of the plaintiffs of an event organized in 2018 by the plaintiff no.1 mixed with images and videos of Shri Sant Rampal Singh, founder of defendant no. 1 organization.

21. It is the case of the plaintiffs that original content from the plaintiffs' original video has been taken unlawfully by the defendants no.1 and 2 and This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/08/2025 at 22:48:28 has been intentionally and maliciously morphed with images of Shri Rampal Singh at time stamps 1:27, 2:43 and across the defendants no.2 and 3's video (both videos being same). A screenshot of the said video, which shows the morphed content, is given in paragraph 14 of the plaint and is being set out below: -

24. The defendants no.2 to 5 are the weblinks of the profiles of people who have posted the infringing and misleading videos by morphing the original video containing content of the preachings of the plaintiff no.1.

25. The plaintiffs have given details of the morphed videos in the following table:

                             Def no.         Instagram handle                 Weblink
                                                or YouTube                 available with
                                                  Handle                       Plaintiff
                          Def no. 1          @Satlokashram (               https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_fEW2qONh
                                             YouTube channel)              KMeeIHyS7wWKA
                          Def no. 2          Not visible since it          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRo6CWA0lJc
                                             is temporarily                &t=22
                                             blocked by
                                             Defendant no. 6-
                                             Google
                          Def no. 3          "@SatKabira                   https://youtu.be/jxbcoASSUt4?si=hmEeYqYh-
                                             yodhya" (                     YpXEi-8
                                             YouTube
                                             username)
                          Def No. 4          @mamtanidhi                   https://www.instagram.co
                                             d asi'                        m/reel/DLd86eSPH4t/?ut
                                             Instagram                     m_source=ig_web_copy_l
                                             handle                        ink






This is a digitally signed order.

27. A prima facie case is made out on behalf of the plaintiffs.

28. Balance of convenience is in favour of the plaintiffs and against the defendants.

29. In light of the aforesaid analysis, till the next date of hearing, the defendants no.1 to 5 are restrained from creating any fake and morphed videos and using any content owned by the plaintiffs.