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Court was hearing a suit filed by the Dera Sacha Sauda Chief seeking an interim stay on the streaming of a video and the deletion of the video on Youtube that was uploaded by Singh
Youtuber Shyam Meera Singh, on Saturday last week, assured the Delhi High Court that he would take down the tweets that he posted against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh.
The vaction bench of Justice Manoj Jain was hearing a suit filed by the Dera Sacha Sauda Chief seeking an interim stay on the streaming of a video and the deletion of a video on YouTube that was uploaded by Singh.
The video on YouTube is titled “How Gurmeet Ram Rahim Fooled His Bhakts?”.
The counsel for the plaintiff said a legal notice was sent by his client on December 21 to YouTube and Shyam Meera Singh, who uploaded the alleged video. He submitted that the video is “clearly derogatory, disparaging, and denigrating.”.
“He (Shyam Meera Singh) is a habitual offender... After we put him to notice, he puts out a comment on Twitter (now known as X) saying, ‘I’m not going to delete these videos’. Totally defiant. He has also been accused by the UP administration of insulting the Chief Minister. An FIR came to be registered at the instance of a UP resident,” the counsel said.
The matter is scheduled for further consideration on January 4.
Notably, on Friday last week, Justice Shalinder Kaur had issued notice to the defendants, Shyam Meera Singh and YouTube. The court had then said that notice could be served through email and WhatsApp.
In 2017, the Dera chief was sentenced to 20 years in prison for allegedly raping two women disciples. In 2019, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of his employee, Ranjit Singh. In 2021, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for another murder—that of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati.
Case Title: Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan Shishyeva Gaddinashin Shah Satnam Singh ji Maharaj v. YouTube LLC and Anr.
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