SC sets aside HC takedown order in ANI-Wikipedia defamation case

A bench headed by Justice Abhay S Oka, which included Justice Ujjal Bhuyan, ruled that the previous orders were “broadly worded” and “not capable of being specifically implemented”.

“We set aside the impugned orders and allow the respondent to approach the single judge for grant of specific injunction citing specific defamatory statements,” the bench directed, adding that the matter should be considered “on its own merits without being influenced by this order”.

Wikimedia Foundation Inc, which operates Wikipedia, had challenged the Delhi High Court’sDelhi High Court’sDelhi High Court’s April 8 order upholding a single judge’s April 2 directive to remove content about ANI within 36 hours.