The Delhi High Court on Monday passed a john doe order directing take down and removal of various URLs on Facebook unauthorizedly hosting content of Zee. [2026 LiveLaw (Del) 648]

Justice Anup Jairam Bhambhani passed the ex parte ad interim order in a suit filed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited against various Facebook profiles uploading and hosting its content without any authorisation.

It was Zee's case that its content was being hosted and uploaded by users illegally and without prior approval, for monetary gains.

While the Court directed Meta to take down the infringing URLs, it however refused to pass an order directing blocking of the Facebook accounts without hearing the parties.

Justice Bhambhani said that such an order can be passed at a later stage after the parties file reply to the suit.

The Court issued summons in the suit and asked the parties to file written submissions.

Title: ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LIMITED v. META PLATFORMS & ORS

Citation: 2026 LiveLaw (Del) 648