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Published – July 02, 2026 07:28 pm IST – New Delhi
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The Delhi High Court on Thursday (July 2, 2026) directed TV Today Network Ltd. and its Managing Editor, Anjana Om Kashyap, to refrain from making statements against Faisal Khan, popularly known as ‘Khan Sir’, while asking the educator to remove his social media post referring to the journalist’s child.
Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, hearing a defamation suit filed by Ms. Kashyap against Mr. Khan and other educators over allegedly defamatory social media posts, stressed that “restraint has to be shown by both” sides and encouraged them to resolve the dispute through mediation.
The court urged the educators to consider removing “unparliamentary” references from their posts and recorded the parties’ willingness to explore an amicable settlement.
Besides Khan Sir, the suit names Abhinay Maths founder Abhinay Sharma, ICS Coaching co-founder Babita Tyagi and Naiya Paar Education’s Arvind Bhadauriya as defendants.
During the hearing, Ms. Kashyap’s counsel submitted that Mr. Khan had disclosed on social media where her children study, alleging that the journalist had been receiving threats.
“They [the plaintiffs] will refrain. You [Khan Sir] take down the disclosure about the child. Try and talk to them [the defendants] and see whether the part where some words have been used can be expunged,” the court said.
“I think restraint has to be shown by both. I am very clear on that…This is not an issue which should be coming to court. You [educators] may have reacted, rightly or wrongly. When you are teaching youngsters, this should not become a part of you. We are not saying you have to back down or she has to back down,” Justice Gedela said.
Ms. Kashyap’s counsel also argued that the defendants were discussing politics as part of their educational content, which they were not expected to do as educators.
The judge, however, responded, “Everybody is discussing politics. A person who doesn’t know anything about politics discusses politics. That is what politics is all about.”
“Very frankly, its already out in the air. Whatever damage has to be done, has already been done. Now only, thing remain is to salvage,” the judge remarked while asking the parties to explore mediation.
Ms. Kashyap and TV Today said in the lawsuit that on May 29, the journalist expressed a genuine concern about the credibility of YouTube teachers during a broadcast on Aaj Tak news channel in the aftermath of the NEET paper leak controversy.
The lawsuit alleged that the defendant educators, operators of educational platforms, “crossed the limit of fair criticism” and launched personal attacks on Ms. Kashyap’s character, integrity and professional reputation through social media posts between May 30 and June 4.
The defendants have claimed that the allegedly defamatory posts were only in reaction to a broadcast by Ms. Kashyap on a channel of the network.
Published – July 02, 2026 07:28 pm IST
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