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Bombay High Court Orders X Remove Video Targeting Adar Poonawalla
The Bombay High Court told X Corp to remove a video about Adar Poonawalla.
The video was uploaded by Yohan Tengra.
The court said the video repeated content it had previously ordered defendants not to publish.
An earlier order from June 2023 protected Poonawalla and the Serum Institute of India from allegedly defamatory material.
The court also said Tengra appeared to reject that earlier order.
It sent notices to Tengra and three other defendants asking them to explain themselves.
The court did not order X to remove every future post or delete the defendants’ accounts.
The case will be considered again on October 27.
The Bombay High Court directed X Corp to remove a video containing allegedly defamatory content about Adar Poonawalla.
The video was uploaded by social media influencer Yohan Tengra, according to the court.
Justice Gauri Godse issued show-cause notices to Tengra and three others for allegedly violating a June 5, 2023 injunction.
The court said its earlier order remained enforceable because it had not been stayed, reversed, or set aside.
The court limited its direction to identifiable content and declined requests to automatically remove future posts or suspend accounts.
- Who
- The Bombay High Court, Adar Poonawalla, Serum Institute of India, X Corp, Yohan Tengra, and three other defendants.
- What
- The court ordered X Corp to remove a fresh video and issued show-cause notices over alleged disobedience of an earlier injunction.
- Where
- The Bombay High Court in Mumbai.
- When
- The direction was issued on September 29, 2026; the matter is listed for October 27.
- Why
- The court said the video repeated objectionable content covered by its June 5, 2023 injunction.
Key facts
- Court
- Bombay High Court
- Judge
- Justice Gauri Godse
- Platform ordered to act
- X Corp
- Video uploader
- Yohan Tengra
- Earlier injunction
- Issued June 5, 2023, restraining publication or circulation of allegedly defamatory content
- Next hearing
- October 27
- Potential legal consequence
- Action under Order XXXIX Rule 2A of the Code of Civil Procedure for alleged disobedience
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