Google has been ordered by the Delhi High Court to remove YouTube videos that criticize Indian spices

The Delhi High Court has ordered internet behemoth Google to restrict or remove from YouTube specific “defamatory” videos that claimed that Indian spices contain cow dung and pee and targeted prominent companies like “Catch.” The top court declared that it was persuaded that the defendants’ development and uploading of such movies is a “deliberate attempt to defame and disparage” the plaintiff’s products that bear the “Catch” mark. “A review of the comments on the aforementioned YouTube videos reveals that the general public is being swayed and encouraged to believe such misleading allegations, seriously harming the Plaintiff (Dharampal Satyapal Sons). Given the simple and open access, there is a good chance that many unaware members of the public may distribute or view the defamatory recordings, according to Justice Sanjeev Narula. Due to their absence from the proceedings, the court proceeded ex parte against the two defendants who are accused of uploading the films. “Google Takes Action and Removes Defamatory Videos of Indian Spices from TYR and Views NNews Channels” Google’s legal representative informed the court that, in accordance with its earlier instructions, action was taken and the three videos were removed from public view. The two defendant channels, TYR and Views NNews, were accused by the high court of maliciously uploading the films that made disparaging and false claims about Indian spices, notably those marketed under the plaintiff’s “Catch” brand. “Their malafide is further manifested by their inaction in removing the infringing content from YouTube after the plaintiff had raised a […]