Delhi High Court’s IP Division to hear YouTuber Mohak Mangal’s plea to transfer ANI’s copyright case.
The case involves allegations of copyright infringement, defamation, and misuse of ANI’s logo.
ANI has filed a defamation suit against YouTuber Mohak Mangal in the Delhi High Court, accusing him of making false claims of extortion and copyright misuse. The suit also includes comedian Kunal Kamra and activist Mohammed Zubair for sharing Mangal’s video, which ANI claims harms its reputation and misuses its trademarks.
YouTuber Mohak Mangal accused Asian News International (ANI) of misusing copyright laws to extort money from creators. After receiving strikes for using brief ANI footage, Mangal claims ANI requested ₹45-50 lakh to remove them. The situation raises concerns about copyright ethics and threatens the digital creator community in India.
The Supreme Court of India overturned the Delhi High Court’s orders for removing allegedly defamatory edits on Asian News International’s Wikipedia page. The Court noted the lack of clarity in the takedown orders and permitted ANI to seek specific interim relief. It emphasized that injunctions must be precise and enforceable.
Today, On 8th April, The Delhi High Court ruled that Wikipedia, as an intermediary platform, cannot challenge court-ordered takedowns on the merits of the content. The judgment came in a case involving news agency ANI. The Court also criticized Wikipedia for lacking neutrality in its article about ANI, stating that encyclopaedias are expected to remain unbiased. The platform was directed to comply with the takedown order.
New Delhi – Justice Navin Chawla of the Delhi High Court on Monday (7th April) recused himself from hearing an appeal filed by the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, against a single-judge order that directed it to remove defamatory content related to Asian News International (ANI) from its platform.