Inventiva and Nitin Naresh Restrained by Four Court Orders in Disputes With Terra Invest Founders Krishan Rattan and Ankiti Bose

<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Four judicial orders now form a significant part of the publication disputes involving Terra Invest founders Ankiti Bose and Krishan Rattan, Inventiva and Nitin Naresh. Among them is a District Court order expressly recording that Bose had prima facie shown breach of an injunction.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The orders span 8 June, 16 July, 24 August and 14 September 2026. Two were issued by the District Court at Dwarka in Bose's case. The other two were issued by the Delhi High Court in separate suits brought by Bose and Rattan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The strongest documented compliance finding appears in the 16 July order. It is distinct from the subsequent High Court restraints and should be reported on its own terms.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang="EN-GB">The court required compliance before hearing the challenge<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">In CS DJ ADJ 744/26, District Judge Harjyot Singh Bhalla directed that the defendant file an affidavit of compliance and ensure compliance with the injunction, “as prima facie the plaintiff has shown breach of the injunction order passed in the present case.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The court discussed the principle that a person in contempt or intentional breach must purge the contempt or comply before being heard on the merits. It stated that the defendants' application under Order VII Rule 11 would be heard when compliance with the interim order was ensured.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">“A party remains bound by order passed, till it is set aside,” the order states.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The same record describes Nitin Naresh asking about the timeline for deciding his application if he complied with the injunction. The judge responded that defendant no. 1 was “trying to browbeat and put conditions on the court.” His counsel then said he would advise his client about addressing the court and confirmed that a compliance affidavit would be filed after compliance.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">These are recorded observations and directions at that hearing. The order's prima facie finding does not establish a final contempt conviction or that every later order was breached.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang="EN-GB">The injunction underlying the compliance dispute<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The 8 June order had granted interim relief concerning an Inventiva article about Bose. It covered removal of the article, restrictions on republication and substantially similar defamatory content, and further defamatory statements imputing criminal conduct without judicial determination or lawful basis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">The court found that Bose had made out a prima facie case for an interim injunction. It also addressed reputational injury that might not be adequately remedied by money. Paragraph 35 gave her liberty to approach intermediaries seeking de-indexing if the defendants failed to comply within seven days.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span lang="EN-GB">Separate High Court orders followed<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On 24 August, the Delhi High Court restricted social-media dissemination of identified articles in Bose's suit. It also restrained further articles that would have the effect of preventing her from exercising her legal right. Its reasons included the effect of the publications on her image and their potential to hamper proceedings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">On 14 September, the High Court granted separate interim protection in Rattan's case. Defendants 1 to 5 were restrained from further articles containing defamatory imputations against him. The court preserved their ability to undertake fact-finding and made clear that the direction reflected its assessment at the interim stage.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">For the Terra Invest founders, the record therefore covers both substantive publication restraints and a specific dispute over compliance. For readers, the chronology matters: the July finding concerns the injunction in Bose's District Court case, while the August and September orders address separate applications for High Court protection. Reporting those distinctions gives the four orders their full weight without assigning findings the courts have not made.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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