YouTuber CarryMinati Temporarily Restricted From Publishing Content Targeting Filmmaker Karan Johar
A civil court in Mumbai has issued an interim order in favour of Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar, temporarily restraining popular YouTuber Ajey Nagar, better known as CarryMinati, from creating or circulating allegedly defamatory content about him on digital platforms. The order follows a defamation suit filed by Johar, who said that certain online videos and their subsequent circulation on social media were harming his reputation and goodwill built over many years.
The dispute centres on a roast video that Nagar had uploaded on his channel, which was reportedly modelled on Johar’s popular talk show. Johar’s legal team argued that the video contained obscene language and disparaging remarks about him and Bollywood, amounting to defamation. Although the original upload was reportedly removed, short clips and reposts continued circulating widely across social media, prompting Johar to seek urgent legal relief.
Principal Sessions Judge P.G. Bhosale heard the plea and found that, on the face of it, the statements made in the impugned content appeared to be “defamatory, vulgar and abusive” towards Johar. Based on this prima facie assessment, the court passed an ad-interim injunction, restraining Nagar, his manager and other associated defendants including their agents and any persons acting on their behalf from publishing, uploading, posting, re-posting, sharing or circulating any content that could be defamatory or objectionable towards Johar until the next hearing.
The dispute centres on a roast video that Nagar had uploaded on his channel, which was reportedly modelled on Johar’s popular talk show. Johar’s legal team argued that the video contained obscene language and disparaging remarks about him and Bollywood, amounting to defamation. Although the original upload was reportedly removed, short clips and reposts continued circulating widely across social media, prompting Johar to seek urgent legal relief.
Principal Sessions Judge P.G. Bhosale heard the plea and found that, on the face of it, the statements made in the impugned content appeared to be “defamatory, vulgar and abusive” towards Johar. Based on this prima facie assessment, the court passed an ad-interim injunction, restraining Nagar, his manager and other associated defendants including their agents and any persons acting on their behalf from publishing, uploading, posting, re-posting, sharing or circulating any content that could be defamatory or objectionable towards Johar until the next hearing.
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