(d) At Page 202 Chapter 25 : Conclusion
"Finally, a trail of shirked responsibility. For
every negative event surrounding him, he has
consistently yelled foul, always choosing to lay the
blame at someone else's door."
…
…
…
"All Ramdev's former allies, aides, supporters
and mentors who had watched him rise but has fallen
by the wayside at some point seemed to have been
waiting for a call like mine, from anyone at all, asking
them about their time with Ramdev."
Insofar as the remaining content is concerned, the Court directed as under:
―182. As regards the submissions made in relation
to other portions of the BOOK as detailed in the
petition, the same prima facie fall within the domain of
thought provocation and debate and criticism and the
prayers in relation thereto cannot presently be
accepted.‖
30.
A perusal of the transcript of the video shows that the same is nothing
but a summary of the book. It contains a large portion of the deleted content
in a paraphrased / summarized manner. Thus, the videos are falling foul of
the judgment passed by this Court.
31.
Ld. Counsels for the parties have confirmed that the publisher of the
book had filed SLPs before the Supreme Court being SLP Nos. 3030730308/2018 which are stated to be pending in the Supreme Court. However,
there is no stay on the order of injunction that has been passed.
32.
Thus, insofar as the question as to whether the content is defamatory
or not, the same need not be gone into by this Court as the offending video
in the present suit is nothing but a summary of the book, which has already
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