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Additional district judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla heard the plea filed by Zee Entertainment Limited's plea against two private limited companies responsible for operating and managing "The Bloomberg" portal...
"The said article is defamatory qua the plaintiff (Zee) and has been published in order to malign and defame the plaintiff, with a pre-meditated and malafide intention," the plea said.. Hearing on the plea, the court said, "Zee had established a "prima facie case for passing ad-interim ex-parte orders of injunction"...
"In view thereof, defendant no.1 and defendant no.2 (the companies operating and managing 'The Bloomberg') are directed to take down the article dated February 21, 2024 from the online platform within one week of the receipt of this order," the court said...
"The defendants are further restrained from posting, circulating or publishing the aforesaid article in respect of the plaintiff on any online or offline platform till the next date of hearing," it added...
