Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 656 · Decided 9 May 2025
Wikimedia Foundation INC. v. Ani Media Private Limited & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 656 · [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1911
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5391/2025
- Decided
- 9 May 2025
- Bench
- ABHAY S. OKA, UJJAL BHUYAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- CPC; Constitution Article 19(1)(a), 21
Headnote
Issue arose with respect to the legality and propriety of the directions issued by the Division Bench of the High Court to the appellant to take down/delete the pages and discussion with regard to the observations made by the High Court. Constitution of Respondent had initiated a suit against the appellant wherein the Single Judge of the High Court passed an order dated 20.08.2024 - Later, an opinion piece was published in the Indian Express (E-edition) titled 'why the case against Wikipedia in India is a challenge to freedom of
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