1 CGHC010275842026 2026:CGHC:30882 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3780 of 2026 1 - Gopalan Anish Acharya Son Of K. Gopal Acharya, Aged About 40 Years C/o At No. T-5, 6, 7 And 8, Manish Royal Plaza II Nd, Dwarka Sector - 10 Market, New Delhi. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - The Times Of India Bennett, Coleman And Co. Ltd. Having Its Registered Office At-Times House, 7, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi- 110103 Through Mr. Sivakumar Sundram Chief Executive Officer. 2 - Daily World Daily World Communications Pvt. Ltd. Through Its Founder/director/ Editor-In-Chief Mr. Manish Tiwari At S C O 133-134-135 4th Floor Sector- Chandigarh- 160017 3 - Sanjay Baru Chief-Editor, Business Standard, At Nehru House 4, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi – 110002 4 - Sanjay Baru Chief - Editor, Business Standard, At Nehru House 4, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg New Delhi- 110002 5 - Publisher / Editor-In-Chief/ India Today At The India Today Group Mediaplex, F C - 8 Sector - 16 A Film City Noida- 201301 Uttar Pradesh 6 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Home, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 7 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer, Police Station Mohan Nagar, Durg District Durg Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Siddhant Kumar Das, Advocate. For State/respondent : Shri Anand Dadariya, Dy AG. SB: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 21/07/2026 1. This Writ Petition has been filed for the following reliefs:- AVINASH SHARMA Digitally signed by AVINASH SHARMA Date: 2026.07.22 10:36:09 +0530 2 10.1 This Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records in relation to the case of the petitioner from the Respondents 10.2 This Hon'ble Court be kindly be pleased to direct Respondents to immediately delete, pull down, and permanently remove the offending, outdated news articles and columns concerning the Petitioner's past arrest from their respective websites, digital archives, and server repositories. 10.3 This Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate Writ, Order, or Direction to Respondent (State of Chhattisgarh) to ensure strict compliance with the data privacy and digital removal directions passed by this Hon'ble Court. 10.4 This Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief(s), which is deemed fit and proper in the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondents have not yet deleted the contents published by them in news articles against the petitioner regarding his arrest even though the petitioner has been acquitted of the charges due to which he was arrested. He submits that at this stage he may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to file appropriate application before Respondent Nos.1 to 5 for deleting the adverse contents against the petitioner in social forum. 3. Permission granted. 4. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty in favour of the petitioner to approach Respondent Nos.1 to 5 by filing appropriate application for deletion of adverse contents in social forum. 5. However, petitioner may approach this Court through appropriate petition in case of further exigency. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Avinash