Summary: A Delhi civil court has ordered X Corp, LinkedIn and Meta to remove posts against Vineeta Sharma, an Associate Professor of Economics at Kirori Mal College. Sharma faced public criticism after a leaked WhatsApp chat allegedly showed her instigating young protestors to exhibit ‘Kasab energy’ at the recent Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protets. After the order, the X handle “The Story Teller” said its posts exposing leaked “Kasab energy” chats from the CJP protests had been withheld in Bharat. The chats told participants to wear tilak, kalawa and saffron shawls while facing police, thus imitating 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab’s use of Hindu markers to frame Hindus for his acts. The order does not name the handle, reports LawBeat. Sharma was represrented by powerful leftist lawyer Vrinda Grover, a staunch Umar Khalid supporter who also fought against the death penalty for convicted terrorist Yakub Memon.
Why it matters: The order is interim and ex parte, yet posts carrying the alleged chats are being withheld in Bharat, and whether those chats are genuine is a question the court has not touched. If the screenshots are real, an instruction to wear Hindu markers before facing police is the story, not the takedown.
“”Kasab Energy” Posts Withheld? Delhi Court Orders Takedown Of Posts “Allegedly Advocating Violence” Against DU Professor Vineeta” — LawBeat, 6 Nov 2026
A Delhi civil court has granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction to an Associate Professor of Economics at Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi, Vineeta Sharma directing X Corp, LinkedIn Corporation and Meta Platforms to remove or disable access to specifically identified posts against her, and WhatsApp LLC to act against a WhatsApp group in which the messages were allegedly circulated.
Allegedly Sharma was involved in instigating and supporting the young demonstrators at the CJP protest. After the order, X withheld posts of “The Story Teller”. The tweets exposed leaked “Kasab energy” chats from the recent CJP protests.
Civil Judge Sahil Monga at Tis Hazari Courts, passed the order on October 16, 2026 in Vineeta v. X Corp & Ors, on an application under Order XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 read with Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure…
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