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A Delhi tribunal connected Tuesday (September 23, 2025) declined an entreaty by writer Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and quality portal Newslaundry, which had sought the transfer of a defamation lawsuit against them by Gautam Adani’s Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL) to different court.
On September 6, a metropolis tribunal passed an ex parte injunction successful a defamation suit filed by AEL restraining journalists from publishing allegedly defamatory worldly astir the company. Following this, Mr. Thakurta, on with journalists Ravi Nair, Abir Dasgupta, Ayaskant Das, and Ayush Joshi, challenged the order.
While territory justice Sunil Chaudhary, who heard Mr. Thakurta and Newslaundry’s appeals connected September 17, declined their plea for an urgent hearing, territory justice Ashish Aggarwal — who was assigned the petitions of the different journalists — acceptable speech the injunction connected September 18. Mr. Thakurta and Newslaundry sought their lawsuit to beryllium transferred to Mr. Aggarwal’s court.
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Mr. Chaudhary had, connected September 22, said that it would beryllium due if the lawsuit were heard by Mr. Aggarwal since the second had already dealt with and passed orders successful the case. The substance was subsequently assigned to the tribunal of main territory and sessions justice Gurvinder Pal Singh for review.
On Tuesday, the main territory and sessions justice declined the plea and ruled that Mr. Chaudhary volition proceed to perceive the case.
While the counsel representing AEL opposed the plea, the advocator for Mr. Thakurta and Newslaundry argued that “difficulty whitethorn arise” successful lawsuit of “inconsistencies” betwixt the orders passed by the 2 territory judges.
Mr. Singh noted that arsenic some parties had affirmed their religion successful Mr. Chaudhary, helium would proceed to perceive the matter
