Mahima Goel v. Amit Goel

$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CONT.CAS(C) 746/2025 MAHIMA GOEL .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Ankit Jain, Sr. Adv. with Mr.

Nannidh Singh Arora and Mr. Manish Khurana, Advs. along with petitioner in-person.

versus AMIT GOEL .....Respondent Through:

Mr. Sumit Sahni, Adv. with respondent in person.

Mr Varun Pathak, Ms Amee Rana, Mr Akhil Shandilya, Ms Charu Sharma, Advs. for Meta.

Ms.

Swati Agarwal, Adv.

for WhatsApp.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL

O R D E R

% 26.05.2025 [Hearing has been conducted through Video Conferencing] 1.

Mr. Varun Pathak, counsel appears for Meta platforms and states that pursuant to previous order, they have verified the snapshot of the stories and posts and state that the account from which these posts have been issued belongs to phone no.9899650592, the phone number of the respondent and the account is associated to this number.

2.

Ms. Swati Agarwal, counsel appears for WhatsApp and states that the WhatsApp account is on this number as well.

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 01/07/2025 at 01:38:47

3.

In any event, Mr. Amit Goel, respondent, is present in Court, along with his counsel, and has now undertaken that he shall not issue any communication or disseminate any content with respect to the petitioner or her family and friends on any social media platform, online or offline platform or any messaging platform.

4.

This undertaking has been given to the Court considering the Court was inclined to issue show-cause to the respondent as to why he should have not been punished for contempt and be sentenced.

5.

In these circumstances and the undertaking given, in case there is any non-compliance with the said undertaking, the petitioner is at liberty to revive the same.

6.

The petition is, therefore, disposed of.

7.

Order be uploaded on the website of this Court. ANISH DAYAL, J MAY 26, 2025/MK/bp 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 01/07/2025 at 01:38:47