Sexually explicit video case: Take down URLs or posts if not already removed, Delhi HC to social media platforms

The Delhi High Court Wednesday directed social media platforms to remove any offending URLs or posts pertaining to a sexually explicit video, which purportedly shows a judicial officer and a woman, if not already taken down after its earlier interim restraining order issued in November last year.

A single judge bench of Justice Yashwant Varma was hearing a lawsuit filed by a woman seeking issuance of an order “permanently restraining” the defendants—social media platforms, their associates, sister concerns, agents and others from publishing, re-publishing and telecasting, in any manner, “a purported video dated March 9, 2022, which is stated to be circulating on various social media platforms as well as web portals since November 29, 2022”.