A welcome move: On Wikipedia and Supreme Court order

A welcome move: On Wikipedia and Supreme Court order

In asking for the takedown of articles and threatening penal action against Wikipedia, judicial actions could unwittingly act against the interest of the free flow of information

Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC’s takedown order in ANI-Wikipedia case

The High Court’s April 2 directive to Wikimedia Foundation was too ‘broadly worded’ to be ‘specifically implemented’, the Supreme Court said.

ANI Vs Wikipedia: Supreme Court Sets Aside Delhi HC’s Order; Know More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has set aside Delhi High Court’s order directing Wikipedia to take down “defamatory content” against news agency ANI. Observing that the high court’s direction was “very broadly worded”, the country’s top court said that the injunction should be granted in a manner that it is capable of being implemented. The bench, comprising Justices AS Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan, was of the opinion that the issue was in the nature of re…

ANI Vs Wikipedia: SC Sets Aside Delhi HC Order To Takedown Content

The Supreme Court has set aside orders passed by the Delhi High Court asking Wikimedia Foundation, the parent of Wikipedia, to takedown defamatory content on news agency ANI’s page. According to a Bar and Bench report, a SC bench said that the HC orders, passed earlier this month, were too broad and couldn’t be enforced. In an interim order on April 2, the Delhi HC had asked Wikipedia to takedown the content in question. However, the SC told ANI…

Wikipedia Wins Relief as SC Overturns ANI Defamation Order

The Supreme Court of India has set aside the Delhi High Court’s order instructing the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia, to take down a page on its site about the news agency Asian News International (ANI), according to a LiveLaw report. This comes after the Delhi High Court ruled in ANI’s favor earlier this month, directing Wikipedia to remove allegedly defamatory content about the news agency from its website.…

Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC order directing Wikipedia to remove defamatory content about ANI

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Delhi High Court order that had directed the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, to remove allegedly defamatory content about Asian News International (ANI) from its page, Bar and Bench reported. ANI, Supreme Court of India, Wikipedia The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside a Delhi High Court order that had directed the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, to remove allegedly defam…