Archive · 10 Aug 2026
Delhi HC Seeks The Caravan Reply in Gadkari Defamation Case
Nikhil Gadkari is the son of a very important government minister in India.
Some news stories said he and his company sold beef, which is cow meat.
Nikhil says those stories are not true.
He says his company only sells vegetarian food products.
He feels the stories are unfair and hurt his good name.
So he asked a big court, the Delhi High Court, to help him.
He wants the court to make the magazine remove the stories.
The court asked the magazine to explain its side.
A judge will hear more about this case on August 31.
Nikhil Gadkari, son of Union minister Nitin Gadkari, has filed a defamation case over articles linking him and his company to beef or bovine meat product trade.
The Delhi High Court issued a notice to The Caravan magazine and its editor-in-chief, seeking their stand on his plea for interim relief.
Justice Subramonium Prasad listed the matter for hearing on August 31.
The plea seeks directions to take down the content and restrain the magazine from publishing 'false, malicious and defamatory allegations.'
Gadkari says his company Cian Agro Industries and Infrastructure Ltd deals only in vegetarian agro-based commodities and never held any licence for bovine meat products, and claims he was targeted because of his father's political position.
- Who
- Nikhil Gadkari and his company Cian Agro Industries and Infrastructure Ltd; The Caravan magazine and its editor-in-chief; Justice Subramonium Prasad of the Delhi High Court.
- What
- A defamation lawsuit over articles linking Gadkari and his company to the trade or export of beef and bovine meat products; the High Court sought The Caravan's reply.
- When
- Notice issued on August 10; next hearing listed for August 31; the contested articles were published on or around March 3.
- Where
- Delhi High Court, New Delhi.
- Why
- Gadkari alleges the reports are false, malicious and defamatory, and says he was targeted because he is the son of a former national president of the BJP and a senior Union minister.
Gadkari's position
The Caravan's position (respondent)
Accuracy of the published content
Gadkari's position
Gadkari calls the articles, posts, videos and digital materials linking him and his company to beef or bovine meat trade 'false, malicious and defamatory' and says his company is entirely vegetarian in nature.
The Caravan's position (respondent)
The Caravan published the reports and has been asked by the court to present its stand; the magazine has not yet replied and the court has not ruled on the allegations.
Reason behind the coverage
Gadkari's position
Gadkari claims he was being 'targeted' because he is the son of a former national president of the BJP and a senior Union minister.
The Caravan's position (respondent)
No other motivation for the coverage is stated in the articles; The Caravan's response is awaited by the court.
- Case type
- Defamation lawsuit seeking interim relief to take down content
- Plaintiffs
- Nikhil Gadkari and Cian Agro Industries and Infrastructure Ltd
- Respondents
- The Caravan magazine and its editor-in-chief
- Court
- Delhi High Court (Justice Subramonium Prasad)
- Next hearing
- August 31
- Date of alleged content
- On or around March 3
- Company's claim
- Deals only in vegetarian agro-based commodities; never held any licence for beef or bovine meat products