Delhi HC orders removal of YouTuber Shyam Meera’s video on Jaggi Vasudev, Isha Foundation

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed Google and social media platforms X and Meta to take down an allegedly defamatory video about Isha Foundation and its founder Jaggi Vasudev uploaded by YouTuber Shyam Meera Singh, Bar and Bench reported.

The video, titled “Sadhguru EXPOSED: What’s happening in Jaggi Vasudev’s Ashram”, was uploaded on Singh’s YouTube channel on February 24, Live Law reported. It alleged that minors were being exploited at Vasudev’s ashram.

Singh had also shared the video on X.

On Wednesday, Justice Subramonium Prasad directed the video to be taken down on a defamation suit filed by Isha Foundation against Singh. The foundation had sought the removal of the video in the interim.

The court told Singh to refrain from publishing or sharing the video further while also banning its upload on social media platforms, Bar and Bench reported.

“Defendant 4 [Shyam Meera Singh] ... subscribers of the channel of defendant number 4 are restrained from creating, publishing, uploading, and disseminating defamatory videos....,” Bar and Bench quoted Prasad as saying.

The court listed the defamation suit for hearing on July 9 and the application for interim relief on May 9.

In its suit, Isha Foundation claimed that the content uploaded by Singh in the video was “malicious” and “palpably false in nature”, Bar and Bench reported.

During the hearing, the counsel for the foundation said that Singh...

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