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The Madras High Court has directed the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to lift the ban on the website of Tamil weekly Ananda Vikatan, which was blocked on February 25 after publishing a political cartoon featuring Narendra Modi and Donald Trump.

However, the court asked the magazine to temporarily remove the cartoon before access is restored. The ministry had claimed the cartoon, which depicted Prime Minister Modi in shackles sitting beside United States President Trump, affected India’s sovereignty.

The court issued the order in response to a petition by Ananda Vikatan. Senior Advocate Vijay Narayan argued the cartoon did not violate constitutional free speech limits or the Information Technology Act, as claimed by the government. The Centre has been directed to file its response by March 21.

The Delhi High Court has sought former diplomat Lakshmi Puri’s response on a petition by Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale seeking the recall of a judgement asking him to pay compensation and apologise to her in a defamation case.

Puri had filed a defamation case against Gokhale after he, in June 2021, asked how she could have bought a house for 1.6 million Swiss...