# Delhi HC cites 2021 tweet criticising Ramdev in Balkrishna rights suit 2026-08-21T04:05:44+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Patanjali co-founder Acharya Balkrishna's personality rights suit before the Delhi High Court has cited a 2021 social-media post by Supreme Court advocate Avani Bansal. The post linked to Bansal's article criticising Baba Ramdev's statements on allopathy during the second wave of Covid-19, and questioned whether a mere apology sufficed for alleged false news. X notified Bansal on August 20 of the civil lawsuit, advising her to seek legal counsel or contest the case. The suit, filed under CS(COMM) 291/2026, seeks protection for Balkrishna's name, image, voice and persona. On March 24, Justice Tushar Rao Gedela granted interim relief against material he found prima facie defamatory or vulgar, but said public figures must accept criticism and that satire, parody and news fall under free speech. Researcher Dr Aakanksha Kumar told Medianama that Bansal's post uses Balkrishna's name in the course of criticism and legal commentary, not for commercial benefit, and does not constitute defamation or privacy violation. The court has not yet ruled on whether the specific 2021 post violates Balkrishna's personality rights. ## Coverage - medianama.com Leads with a specific criticism post rather than the interim order, frames personality rights as a free-speech concern. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Acharya Balkrishna, Avani Bansal, Baba Ramdev, Delhi High Court, Patanjali Ayurved Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-hc-cites-2021-tweet-criticising-ramdev-in-balkrishna-rights-suit/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/delhi-hc-cites-2021-tweet-criticising-ramdev-in-balkrishna-rights-suit/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/