Overview
- The Delhi High Court issued notice on the plaintiffs' interim application on June 8, refused to grant an interim injunction and listed the matter for further hearing on June 17.
- The suit, filed by Anjana Om Kashyap and TV Today Network, names Faizal Khan (Khan Sir) and several educators and accounts and seeks ₹2 crore in damages plus removal of 18 allegedly defamatory posts.
- Plaintiffs say the posts used abusive phrases such as 'bikau patrakar', 'chatukar', 'dalaali' and accused defendants of disclosing the name of Kashyap’s child’s school, which the suit says risks harassment of her family.
- Khan faces parallel probes in Patna after violence outside his Khan Global Studies centre on June 2 led police to add his name to an FIR following statements by arrested security guards; his institute also had two guards arrested in the probe.
- Bihar Fire Services found multiple fire-safety deficiencies at Khan Global Studies, ordered remedial measures with a mid-June compliance deadline and warned of possible sealing if faults are not fixed, a development that could affect the institute’s operations.