Delhi High Court Orders Zee Media To Broadcast Businessman Vikas Garg's Response To Allegedly Defamatory Video Aired Against Him

Justice Amit Bansal passed the order in a plea moved by Garg, who is currently under ED scanner in alleged Mahadev betting app case.

Zee had published news about him in its segment titled 2025 ka sabse bada Natwarlal (conman).

As per Garg, usage of the term "Natwarlal" for him “clearly establishes the mala fide and defamatory intent” of the channels to label him as a fraudster.

He had thus sought permanent and mandatory injunction against the allegedly defamatory videos and “baseless imputations concerning his personal, professional and public standing.”

The court has issued notice on his plea and granted Zee two weeks time to file its response.

The matter is next listed on 26th August.

In the meanwhile, the Court ordered, “the plaintiff is permitted to offer his comments/response in relation to the allegedly defamatory videos aired by the defendant no.1, either himself or through an authorized representative. The aforesaid comments/response shall be duly aired by the defendant no.1 on their news channels.”

Appearance: Mr. Rajiv Nayar and Mr. Sanjay Jain, Sr. Advocates with Ms. Akanksha Kaul, Mr. Sankalp Mishra and Ms. Ishika Chauhan, Advocates for Palintiff; Mr. Parag P. Tripathi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Raghav Bhatia, Mr. Srinivasan Ramaswamy, Ms. Aparajita Sen, Advocates for D-1. Ms. Annie, Chief Legal Manager. Mr. Aditya Gupta, Ms. Aishwarya Kane and Ms. Vani Kaushik, Advocates for D-3.

Case title: Vikas Garg v. Zee Media Corporation Ltd & Ors.

Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 909

Case no.: CS(OS) 480/2025

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