Mumbai, February 10 A court has directed YouTuber Ajey Nagar, popularly known as CarryMinati, to refrain from creating "defamatory, vulgar, and abusive" content about filmmaker Karan Johar.
It has also asked social media platforms to remove Nagar's existing videos targeting the filmmaker.
Civil Judge P G Bhosale passed the interim order on Monday in a suit filed by Johar against Nagar.
Besides the YouTuber, several other parties including his manager Deepak Char, One Hand Clap Media Pvt Ltd and Google and Meta have been named as defendants in the suit.
Johar, represented by DSK Legal, filed the suit claiming that certain videos circulating on social media sought to ridicule him and damage his reputation and goodwill "painstakingly built over decades."
He also sought a temporary injunction to restrain Nagar and his associates from creating and uploading such videos.
The YouTuber's lawyer submitted that he had already deleted the videos and other material in question, and therefore, there was no cause of action.
The civil judge, after hearing all the sides, held that "prima facie, it appears that the defendant no 1 and 2 (Nagar and Char) have made defamatory statements and used vulgar language against the plaintiff," and passed the temporary injunction. It also asked Meta platform to remove the videos.