Bennett, Coleman And Co. Ltd. And ANR v. X Communications India Pvt. Ltd. And ORS
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
+ CS(OS) 475/2025 with I.A. 17470/2025 BENNETT, COLEMAN AND CO. LTD. AND ANR .....Plaintiffs Through:
Mr. Ashish Verma, Dr. Atul Singh, Mr.
Nikhil Thakur, Mr.
Sakshan Thareja and Mr. Kartikay Bhargava, Advocates.
versus X COMMUNICATIONS INDIA PVT. LTD. AND ORS .....Defendants Through:
Mr.
Deepak Gogia, Mr. Aadhar Nautiyal and Ms. Shivangi Kohli, Advocates for D-1.
Ms. Chitra Y. and Mr. Saurabh S.
Sinha, Advocates for D-2.
Mr.
Varun Pathak, Mr.
Yash Karunakaran and Ms.
Nivedita, Advocates for D-3.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL
O R D E R
% 29.07.2025 I.A. 17979/2025 (u/O-I Rule 10 of the CPC) 1.
The present application has been filed pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 24th July, 2025.
2.
By way of the present application, the plaintiffs seek to place on record an amended memo of parties.
3.
For the reasons stated in the application, the application is allowed The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
and the amended memo of parties is taken on record. 4.
The application stands disposed of.
5.
Counsel appearing on behalf of the defendant no.2 on advance notice submits that the defendant no.2 is regretful for the impugned tweets posted by the defendant no.2. She submits that the said offending tweets have already been taken down by the defendant no.2. 6.
Counsel appearing on behalf of the defendant no.2 further submits that the defendant no.2 is willing to tender an unconditional apology to the plaintiffs.
7.
An unconditional apology shall be tendered by the defendant no.2 to the plaintiffs within two (2) days from today and the same shall filed before this Court.
8.
In view of the above, a decree is passed in favour of the plaintiffs and against the defendant no.2 in terms of the prayer clause contained in paragraph no. (a) and (c) in the plaint.
9.
Counsel for the plaintiffs does not press for the remaining reliefs. 10.
Counsel for the plaintiffs, however, also seeks deletion of a post published on the platform of the defendant no.3 by a third-party concerning certain defamatory content, details of which are given in paragraph 28 of the plaint.
11.
Mr. Varun Pathak, counsel appearing on behalf of the defendant no.3 on advance notice, submits that the defendant no.3 shall delete the aforesaid post if the complete URL thereof is provided to the defendant no.3. 12.
Counsel for the plaintiffs shall supply the complete URL of the aforesaid post to counsel for the defendant no.3 who assures the Court that The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.
the same shall be taken down within three (3) days from receipt. 13.
The present suit is decreed in the aforesaid terms. 14.
Let decree sheet be drawn up accordingly.
15.
In view of the fact that summons in the suit are yet to be issued and the matter is settled on the second day itself, the Registry is directed to issue a certificate of refund of 100% of the Court Fees in favour of the plaintiffs, in terms of Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870. 16.
All pending applications stand disposed of.
AMIT BANSAL, J JULY 29, 2025 Rzu The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.