Bombay High Court Directs X to Remove Post Allegedly Violating Serum Institute Injunction

The Bombay High Court directed X Corp to remove a video posted against Serum Institute of India and its CEO Adar Poonawalla after finding that the publication violated an earlier injunction in their defamation suit.

Background and issue

The Bombay High Court directed X Corp to remove a video posted against Serum Institute of India and its CEO Adar Poonawalla after finding that the publication violated an earlier injunction in their defamation suit. Justice Gauri Godse also issued show-cause notices under Order XXXIX Rule 2A CPC to Yohan Tengra and other defendants over alleged deliberate disobedience of the injunction. The direction concerns compliance with an existing court order and does not convert every disputed statement into an independently established defamatory fact. The defendants will have an opportunity to respond to the contempt-related notice while the underlying ₹100-crore defamation litigation continues.

Legal significance

The legal effect is confined to the judgment, order or procedural development reported here. Allegations, party submissions and oral observations are not treated as established facts unless expressly decided.

What follows

The matter proceeds according to the operative directions, statutory process or further hearing identified above.

Source: Original report