Domino's withdraws case in Delhi High Court against student who tweeted phone number of CEO over wrongly delivered non-veg pizza

Leading pizza chain Domino's withdrew its suit before the Delhi High Court seeking an injunction against a student, who tweeted the contact numbers of the chain's senior officials after wrongly receiving a non-vegetarian pizza in place of a vegetarian one [Jubilant Foodworks Ltd vs Pratik Vinit and ors]..In view of the same, Justice Anup Bhambhani directed Twitter to restore the student's account and remove the concerned tweets if needed. "In view of closure of the matter, Twitter Inc., is directed to revoke the suspension and to reactivate all Twitter handles relating to defendant No. 1 (Vinit). Upon such reactivation, if found necessary, the tweets that are subject matter of the present suit, the URLs would be deleted by him and/or by Twitter as may be required," the single-judge said.The High Court was hearing a suit filed by Domino's seeking an injunction against Mumbai-based student Pratik Vinit.As per the suit, Vinit had sometime in July last year ordered a meal from his residence at Antop Hill, Mumbai. Out of the three pizzas that were delivered to Vinit, one was non-vegetarian despite his order. He then took to Twitter and tweeted his grievance and around December last year, posted the contact numbers of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) and the Chief Business Officer (CBO) of the outlet. He defended his act saying that the same was done with a good intention so that other customers having unresolved issues could reach out to them..Taking exception to the tweets and posts, Domino's approached the Delhi High Court. On March 16, Vinit filed an affidavit stating that he was ready to withdraw his posts from his social media handles.The company claimed that Vinit's act of posting the contact numbers of the higher-ups in public domain caused havoc in their lives. It claimed that the act infringed their right to privacy and was violative of Rule 3(1)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Codes) Rules, 2021 [New IT Rules].During a hearing on April 11, the company's higher officials could not appear before the single-judge, but instructed their legal team to inform the Court that they were considering compensating Vinit and then withdrawing the suit.Accordingly, on April 12, the Court in its orders recorded that the company has paid some compensation amount to Vinit and seeks to withdraw the suit..Advocate Jatin Zaveri appeared for the defendant student, while advocates Neel Kamal Mishra, Deepak Gogia, and Aadhar Nautial appeared for the other defendants/respondents.Senior Counsel Sajan Poovayya with advocates Atul N, Ravi Bhasin, and Sagar Saxena represented Jubilant Foodworks Ltd..[Read Order]