J&K Deputy CM moves Delhi HC for removal of objectionable content against him on social media

Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Tuesday (December 2, 2025) urged the Delhi High Court for a direction to remove certain objectionable content against him on social media.

Mr. Choudhary, a member of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, has filed a defamation suit claiming that there is alleged defamatory content with sexual undertones on several social media platforms, including Facebook pages and YouTube channels, against him.

Justice Amit Bansal, however, observed that he had not filed the transcripts of the alleged objectionable content without which the court could not determine if it was defamatory or not.

“How can the court determine if the content is defamatory or not with it?” the judge asked.

On being pointed out by the counsel for social media intermediaries that the petitioner had made wrong entities as parties and the correct one would be Meta Platforms, the court asked Mr. Choudhary’s lawyer to make necessary corrections. It also directed Meta Platforms and Google Inc to give details of the uploaders of those contents to the petitioner.

The court listed the matter for further hearing on January 13, 2026 and asked Mr. Choudhary, who represents the Nowshera Assembly constituency, to place on record the defamatory content along with the transcripts by then.

During the hearing, his counsel said most of the content dated back to two years and majority of the URLs related to media reports.