The Delhi High Court has directed the removal of an additional 39 short videos and five English-language videos relating to Sadhguru’s Isha Foundation in a defamation suit filed by the Foundation against Tamil media outlet Nakkheeran Publications and others.
The Single Bench of Justice Subramonium Prasad modified an interim injunction granted on March 19, 2026, clarifying that the takedown order also extends to the additional videos, which were part of the material relied upon by the Foundation but were inadvertently omitted from the earlier order.
The Court observed that although the Foundation’s application was styled as one seeking clarification, it was, in substance, an application for modification. Nevertheless, it held that the modification was necessary to give full effect to the earlier injunction.
Earlier, the Court had restrained Nakkheeran Publications, its editor and publisher from creating, publishing or disseminating defamatory content against the Isha Foundation and directed the removal of certain YouTube videos and articles identified in the injunction application.
In its fresh plea, the Foundation submitted that while the March 19 order referred to the links mentioned in the injunction application, it had inadvertently left out 39 short videos and five English-language videos specifically listed in Paragraph 10 of the plaint.
Opposing the application, Nakkheeran Publications argued that the plea was, in effect, a review petition seeking to expand the scope of the interim injunction by adding new content.
Rejecting the objection, the High Court noted that Paragraph 25 of the injunction application had expressly incorporated the contents of the plaint, including the videos listed in Paragraph 10. The Court further observed that its earlier order had already held the material referred to in Paragraph 10 to be prima facie defamatory.
Accordingly, the Court modified Paragraph 59 of its March 19 order and directed the defendants to remove not only the videos and articles already identified in the injunction application but also the additional 39 short videos and five English-language videos mentioned in the plaint. It further directed that the present order be read together with the March 19 order and supplied along with it whenever a certified copy of the earlier order is issued.
The defamation suit was instituted by the Isha Foundation in 2024, alleging that content published by Nakkheeran Publications had tarnished its reputation and seeking damages of Rs 3 crore.
Nakkheeran subsequently approached the Supreme Court seeking transfer of the defamation proceedings from the Delhi High Court to a court in Chennai. During the pendency of the transfer petition, the Foundation sought an injunction against further publication of allegedly defamatory content. In July 2025, the Supreme Court directed the Foundation to pursue that relief before the Delhi High Court, which later granted the interim injunction.
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