MANINDERJEET SINGH vs FACEBOOK META PLATFORM INC THROUGH ITS AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL AND OTHERS

CWP-11308-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 120/2 CWP-11308-2026 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 direction to respondent No.1 to comply with Rule 4(8) of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (for short ‘2021 Rules’). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner is having Facebook page ‘Lok Awaz Punjabi’. The respondent has removed content/data from aforesaid page without complying with Rule 4(8) of 2021 Rules. The information has been removed on the private complaint and as per aforesaid Rules, informa