MANINDERJEET SINGH vs FACEBOOK META PLATFORM INC AND OTHERS

CWP-9023-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120/1 CWP-9023-2026 Date of Decision: 20.05.2026 Maninderjeet Singh …Petitioner Versus Facebook Meta Platform INC and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present:- Mr. Nikhil Ghai, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Puneet Bali, Senior Advocate with Mr. Yash Karunakaran, Advocate and Mr. Aakash Sharma, Advocate for respondent No.1 Ms. Saigeeta Srivastava, Advocate for Union of India-respondent No.2 Mr. Ferry Sofat, Additional Advocate General, Punjab (through video conferencing) *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioner through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India is seeking setting aside of decision of respondents to remove his Facebook page ‘Maninderjeet Sidhu’ from website of respondent No.1. 2. The petitioner claims that he has 4.5 Lakhs followers and his Facebook page has been blocked without issuing any notice or furnishing reasons. He has been simply intimated that action has been taken pursuant to notice from Government of India/Law Enforcement Agencies under Section 79(3)(b) of Information Technology Act, 2000 (for short ‘2000 Act’). MOHIT