How to Remove a Fake News Article
in Gurgaon
A legal step-by-step guide for Gurgaon residents and businesses. Fake news articles that rank on name searches cause long-term damage. Legal notices to editors personally create urgency that editorial complaints processes do not.
Legal process in Gurgaon.
Archive the article: save full URL, page archive, and metadata before the publisher may edit it.
Identify the publisher: determine if they are an Indian registered intermediary or media entity subject to IT Act and Press Council.
Defamation notice to the editor: a notice citing BNS 2023 s.356 (formerly IPC 499/500), addressed to the editor and the publisher, identifies each false statement and asks for removal or correction.
IT Act Section 79 notice: puts the publishing platform on formal notice; if it declines, a court order must be acted on within three hours.
Google Search Console de-indexing: once removed, permanent removal from search results filed through Google's legal team.
Remove Fake News Article in Gurgaon: the local legal context
Gurgaon — now officially Gurugram — is home to hundreds of MNC offices, financial services firms, and startup headquarters. Gurgaon falls within the Punjab & Haryana High Court. Gurgaon's corporate ecosystem generates Glassdoor-related ORM cases, alongside executive defamation on LinkedIn and fake news articles targeting companies during high-stakes business events.
Glassdoor review attacks targeting Gurgaon MNC offices
LinkedIn executive defamation during leadership transitions
False news articles targeting startups and PE-backed companies during fundraise
Gurgaon (Gurugram) cases are dominated by Glassdoor and LinkedIn — the city's deep concentration of multinational corporates, BPO operations, and consulting firms makes employer-rating and professional-network platforms primary attack vectors. Twitter-based defamation targeting senior executives is also common.
Gurgaon falls within the Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. The High Court has no original civil side, so a civil suit starts in the competent civil court in Gurgaon.
Highest-risk Gurgaon industries: Multinational corporate executives (Glassdoor coordinated employee attacks during restructuring), management consultants (LinkedIn and Twitter competitive-dispute attacks), and real-estate and infrastructure developers (RERA-portal and consumer-forum defamation).
In Gurgaon, fake news article removal rests on the Information Technology Act 2000 (Section 79 read with IT Rules 2021, which set platform deadlines of three hours on a court order, two hours on intimate images or impersonation of a person, and seven days on most other complaints, defamation included), criminal defamation under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 s.356 (formerly IPC 499/500), and civil injunctions from the competent civil court in Gurgaon. Across 25+ cities RepuLex maintains a 97% case success rate — permanent removal, not suppression.
Fake news articles that rank on name searches cause long-term damage. Legal notices to editors personally create urgency that editorial complaints processes do not.
How long does it take to remove a fake news article in Gurgaon?+
Most cases in Gurgaon are resolved within 7–30 days via IT Act 2000 platform notices. Emergency cases are handled on a 24-hour escalation track. RepuLex confirms all removals in writing before closing the case.
Can RepuLex help you remove a fake news article in Gurgaon?+
Yes. RepuLex takes on this work for clients across Haryana and the rest of India; legal notices and court filings are drafted and served by the partner law firm. The IT Act 2000 and the IT Rules 2021 apply to every intermediary offering services in India, wherever the platform is hosted, so a notice for a Gurgaon client runs the same way as one sent from anywhere else. Where a court order is needed, the partner law firm files in the competent civil court in Gurgaon, and before Punjab & Haryana High Court for writ petitions.
What does it cost to remove a fake news article in Gurgaon?+
RepuLex charges a fixed one-time fee: ₹99,999 per URL permanently removed. Package pricing: Starter Shield (3 URLs) at ₹2,49,999 and Business Clear (10 URLs) at ₹7,49,999. A free case assessment is provided before any commitment. No monthly retainers. These rates cover standard-complexity removals; news media and court-reported matters are quoted separately from ₹1,00,000 per URL.
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Free assessment · Fixed fee · Punjab & Haryana High Court jurisdiction · Written confirmation