A city court on Friday directed Bloomberg Television Production Services India Pvt. Ltd. (Bloomberg) to remove a news article published against media major ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEEL) from its online platform, IANS reported.

A court of Additional District Judge H S Bhalla has directed Bloomberg “to take down the article dated Feb 21, 2024, from online platform within one week of receipt of this order.” It has further restrained Bloomberg “from posting, circulating or publishing the aforesaid article in respect of the plaintiff on any online or offline platform till the next date of hearing.” The court’s direction came over a suit filed by ZEEL against Bloomberg, in which it submitted that the article by Bloomberg has damaged its reputation.

Bloomberg had published an article titled “India Regulator Uncovers $241 Million Accounting Issue at Zee” which was “defamatory” and was published to malign its image.

Passing a four-page-long order, the city Court said: “In my view, the plaintiff (ZEEL) has made out a prima facie case for passing ad interim ex-parte orders of injunction, balance of convenience is also in favour of plaintiff and against the defendant (Bloomberg) and irreparable loss and injury may be caused to the plaintiff, if the injunction as prayed for is not granted..” “In view thereof, defendant no.1 and defendant no.2 are directed to take down the article dated 21.02.2024 (page 84 to 86 of the plaintiff’s document) from online platform within one week of receipt of this order,” it said.