there is no stay as per the Ld. Counsels for the
Plaintiffs. Considering that the allegations made are
similar to the allegations which were directed to be
deleted by the said order, a prima facie case is made
out for grant of injunction. Balance of convenience is
in favour of the Plaintiff and irreparable injury would
be caused if the interim order as prayed for is not
granted. The Ld. Senior Counsel for the Defendants 13, submit that the Defendants are willing to block the
said URLs/disable them from the India domain. Till the
next date, the Defendants are directed to
remove/block/disable the URLs and weblinks
connected to the offending video for the India domain.
The URLs are mentioned at pages 19 to 24 of the
documents filed by the Plaintiff. The blocking/disabling
be given effect forthwith and, in any event, no later
than 72 hours.
7. The question as to whether the said URLs also
deserve to be blocked globally, would be heard on the
next date. A short reply on this issue be filed by the
Defendants within two weeks.
8. The basic subscriber information for the
entity/person/s, which/who has uploaded the said video
be placed in a sealed cover.‖
Thus, an interim order was granted directing removal of the offending URL
and weblinks for the India domain. The platforms submitted that insofar as
global blocking of the videos is concerned, they wish to make submissions
on this issue. The above order of injunction continues to operate and parties
have been heard on the issue of global blocking.
4.
Thereafter, the platforms have placed on record the Basic Subscriber
Information (hereinafter ‗BSI‘) relating to the uploading of the videos.
Pleadings have also been completed by the parties. On 23rd May, 2019,
while the matter was part heard, the Court had directed the platforms to seek
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