Sadhguru's Isha Foundation Moves Supreme Court To Restrain Media Outlet Nakkheeran Publications From Publishing 'Defamatory' Content

Sadhguru's Isha Foundation has moved the Supreme Court seeking to restrain Tamil media outlet Nakkheeran Publications from "continuing" to publish allegedly defamatory content against it.

The plea was mentioned today before a bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi by Senior Advocate Mukul Rohatgi (appearing for Isha Foundation), which listed it on next Monday.

To recap, last year, Isha Foundation filed a defamation suit against Nakkheeran Publications before the Delhi High Court, claiming that some of its content maligned the Foundation's reputation. The suit demanded Rs.3 crores as damages.

Subsequently, Nakkheeran Publications filed a transfer petition before the Supreme Court, seeking transfer of the defamation case from Delhi to Chennai. Isha Foundation has now filed an application in Nakkheeran's transfer petition seeking to restrain publication of any defamatory content by it.

During today's mentioning, Rohatgi argued that the Tamil Media outlet is continuing its "vilification campaign" against Isha Foundation and has filed a transfer petition before the Supreme Court, saying that the defamation suit ought to be pursued in Chennai.

He further informed that a chamber judge has issued notice on the Publications' transfer plea and contended that the aforesaid cannot be a ground for transfer. On being questioned about the relief sought in the application, the senior counsel said,

"He can't have a transfer and carry on this...IA is to stop him from carrying on this defamatory campaign, why moving transfer here and stultifying...he must stop if he wants the jurisdiction of this Court to be utilized...we are a charitable organization with disciples all across the world...today, on social media, he's going on and on..."

Hearing him, the bench said that the case will be listed on Monday.

Case Title: NAKKHEERAN PUBLICATIONS v. GOOGLE LLC, T.P.(C) No. 1403/2025