Soniya Dhawan v. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and 24 Others

Page1 of 6 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 14-05-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE N.SENTHILKUMAR in CS NO. 121 OF 2026 Soniya Dhawan D/o.Davinder Kumar Dhawan, Having office at 2nd Floor, Balammal Building, No.33, Burkit Road, T.Nagar, Chennai-600017 ..Applicant(s)in all applications. Vs.

¶1Bharant Sanchar Nigam Limited Bharat Sanchar Bhavan, Harish ChandraMathur Lane, Janpath, New Delhi-110001

¶2Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd 5th Floor, Mahanagar Doorsanchar Sadan, 9, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003

¶3Bharti Airtel Limited Bharti crescent , 1, Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, Phase II, New Delhi-110003

¶4Vodafone Idea Limited(Formerly Idea Cellular Limited) Suman Tower, Plot no.18,Sector 11, Gandhinagar, Gujarat-382011

¶5Tikona Digital Networks Private Limited 3A, 3rd Floor, Corpora LBS Marg Bhandup West, Mumbai-400078 Page2 of 6

¶6You Broadband and Cable India Limited Plot.No.54, Marol Co-Operative Industrial Estate, Makwana , Andheri East, Mumbai-400059

¶7Rail Tel Corporation of India Ltd. 6th Floor, Block III, Delhi Technology Park, Shasri Park, Delhi - 110053

¶8Shyam Spectra Pvt. Ltd. A-60, Naraina Industrial Area, Phase - I, New Delhi - 110028

¶9Sify Technologies Limited 2nd Floor, TIDEL PARK, No. 4, Canal Bank Road, Chennai -600 113.

10.AT And T Global Network Service India Pvt Ltd 13th floor, 1305-06, Mohan Dev House, 13, Tolstoy Marg, New Delhi-110 001.

11.Peak Air Pvt. Ltd. No.36/567G, Ananthapuri Building, P.F.Road, Kaloor, Cochin - 682017

12.Knet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Cherrinet) No.141, Prakash Tower, Ground Floor, OMR, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai - 600041

13.Limras Eronet Broadband Services Private Limited No.18/7, 1st Floor, Postal Colony, III Street, West Mambalam, Chennai - 600033

14.Raaj Internet (I) Private Limited Old No.12, New No.27, Singanna Chetty Street, Chintadripet, Chennai - 600002

15.Joister Infoserve Private Limited Shop No.4, Borivali Neelkamalco, Daulat Nagar RD No.10, Borivali East, Mumbai - 400066 Page3 of 6

16.Readylink Internet Services Limited Galaxy, Plot no 7, Sakhthi Colony, RK Puram, Ganpathy, Coimbatore - 641006.

17.Nettlinx Limited, 5-9-22, 3rd floor, My Home Sarovar Plaza, Secretariat Road, Saifabad, Hyderabad-500004

18.Excitel Broadband Private Limited Plot No.48, 2nd Floor, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase III, New Delhi - 500004

19.Southern Online Bio Tecchnologies Limited Flat No.A3, 3rd Floor, Office Block, Samrat complex, Safiabad, Hyderabad-500004

20.Dawn Supports Private Limited 39/4916/D3, Divans Tower, Karimpatta Cross Road, Pallimukku, Kochi, Ernakulam-682016

21.John Doe/s

22.You Tube, Google LLC Unit No.26, The Executive Centre, Level 8, DLF Centre, Sanda Marg, Connaught Place, New Delhi-110 001.

23.Meta Platforms, Inc Unit 28 and 29 The Executive Center, Level 18, DLF Cyber City, Building No.5, Tower A, Phase III, Gurgaon 122002.

24.X Corporation, Formerly known as Twitter, 8th Floor, The Estate, 121 Dickenson Road, Bangalore 560 042. Page4 of 6

25.Clash of News, No.8, Crescent Salai Road, Thousand Lights, Chennai-600 008. ..Respondent(s)in all applications. Prayer in A No. 2148 of 2026: To grant an order of Interim Direction directing the 23rd Respondent / defendant to take down/remove/delete the various Facebook and Instagram links morefully described in Schedule -C and Schedule-D to the plaint pending disposal of the suit. Prayer in A No. 2149 of 2026:

To grant an order of Interim Direction Grant an order of interim direction directing the 24th / defendant to take down the various X Twitter morefully described in Schedule E and to the plaint pending disposal of the suit. Prayer in

A No. 2150 of 2026

: To grant an Interim Direction directing the 22nd and 25th Respondent / defendant to take down/remove/delete the various Youtube links morefully described in Schedule -B pending disposal of the suit. Prayer in A No. 2151 of 2026:

To grant Interim direction directing the respondents/defendants 1 to 20 to take down the various online article links morefully described in schedule A pending disposal of the suit. In all Applications: For Applicant(s): Vijayan Subramanian Page5 of 6 COMMON ORDER There shall be a direction as prayed for.

¶2Applications are allowed. 14-05-2026 (2/2) Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order MPA A.Nos.2148,o2149,o2150o&o2151oofo2026 N.SENTHILKUMAR,oJ. MPA A.Nos.2148,o2149,o2150o&o2151oofo2026 inoCSoNO.o121oOFo2026 (2/2) 14-05-2026 Page6oofo6