Bombay High Court permits Nitin Gadkari to sue Meta, Google, X over ethanol-linked deepfake posts
Gadkari leave to file a substantive civil suit, seeking relief that includes the removal of the content in question from the internet. What is the government’s defence on E20 fuel? | ExplainedThe petition was moved under Clause XII of the Letters Patent. This procedural requirement necessitates the High Court’s permission when a part of the cause of action arises outside the High Court’s territorial jurisdiction.
- ▪Gadkari leave to file a substantive civil suit, seeking relief that includes the removal of the content in question from the internet.
- ▪What is the government’s defence on E20 fuel? | ExplainedThe petition was moved under Clause XII of the Letters Patent.
- ▪This procedural requirement necessitates the High Court’s permission when a part of the cause of action arises outside the High Court’s territorial jurisdiction.
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The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 27, 2026) allowed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari to initiate legal proceedings against Meta, Google, X and other unnamed entities over social media content that he alleged falsely links him to the Centre’s Ethanol Blending Programme (EBP).Justice Abhay Ahuja, presiding over a single-judge Bench, granted Mr. Gadkari leave to file a substantive civil suit, seeking relief that includes the removal of the content in question from the internet. What is the government’s defence on E20 fuel? | ExplainedThe petition was moved under Clause XII of the Letters Patent. This procedural requirement necessitates the High Court’s permission when a part of the cause of action arises outside the High Court’s territorial jurisdiction. Mr.
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