Delhi HC Directs YouTuber Mohak Mangal to Take Down Video on ANI, Allows Re-Upload After Edits

Delhi HC Orders YouTuber Mohak Mangal To Take Down Defamatory Content Against ANI

Delhi High Court orders YouTuber Mohak Mangal to remove content accusing ANI of extortion and blackmail, following ANI's defamation suit.

YouTuber Mohak Mangal agrees to remove ‘objectionable’ parts of video about ANI

Mangal should have put out his message accusing the news agency of extortion and blackmail in a more civilised manner, the Delhi High Court said.

ANI v. Mohak Mangal: YouTuber agrees to edit video to remove objectionable references to ANI

However, stand-up comic Kunal Kamra only agreed to take down one of his multiple posts on X about ANI.

Delhi HC directs YouTuber Mohak Mangal to take down video on ANI, allows re-upload after edits

The case stems from a video Mangal published on 25 May, in which he accused ANI of blackmail and extortion. He alleged that a representative of the news agency demanded more than ₹40 lakh to lift copyright strikes issued against his channel.

What’s the Legal Issue in ANI’s Lawsuit Against Mohak Mangal?

“My concern is disparagement, and these videos are, on the face of it, disparaging,” said Justice Amit Bansal to Senior Advocate Chander Lall, who was representing YouTuber Mohak Mangal against ANI’s defamation lawsuit. The news agency had sued the YouTuber after he published a video accusing ANI of extortion. He claimed that he had received multiple copyright strikes from ANI after using small sections of their news reports in his YouTube video…

Delhi HC orders takedown of components of Mohak Mangal’s video focusing on ANI

The Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Thursday (Could 29, 2025) directed YouTuber Mohak Mangal to take away particular parts of his video focusing on information company ANI, wherein he used phrases equivalent to “hafta wasooli” (extortion), “gunda raj”, and “kidnap”. The path got here in the course of the listening to of a defamation go well with filed by ANI over Mr. Mangal’s video titled “Pricey ANI”, revealed on Could 25, 2025, on his YouTube cha…