Supreme Court of India

Wikimedia Foundation Inc. v. Ani Media Private Limited & Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 5 S.C.R. 1911
Bench Abhay S. Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan JJ.
Decided 9 May 2025

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Issue for Consideration Issue arose with respect to the legality and propriety of the directions issued by the Division Bench of the High Court to the appellant to take down/delete the pages and discussion with regard to the observations made by the High Court. Headnotes† Constitution of India – Arts.19(1)(a), 21 – Respondent had initiated a suit against the appellant wherein the Single Judge of the High Court passed an order dated 20.08.2024 – Later, an opinion piece was published in the Indian Express ( -edition) titled ‘why the case against Wikipedia in India is a challenge to freedom of

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