Delhi HC orders blocking of ‘defamatory’ content linking Hardeep Puri’s daughter to Epstein

NEW DELHI: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s daughter, Himayani Puri, on Tuesday secured interim relief from the Delhi High Court in a defamation suit seeking removal of online content that allegedly links her to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A single-judge Bench of Justice Mini Pushkarna issued summons to multiple defendants, including social media intermediaries such as Meta Platforms, Google, X (Twitter) and LinkedIn, and directed them to file their responses within four weeks.

Justice Pushkarna also granted interim protection to Himayani Puri by restraining the defendants and unidentified “John Doe” entities from publishing or circulating the allegedly defamatory content on any platform.

During the hearing, the Delhi High Court observed that a prima facie case was made out in favour of the plaintiff and that failure to restrain such content could result in irreparable harm to her reputation.