How to Remove a Fake News Article
in Pune
A legal step-by-step guide for Pune 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 Pune.
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 Pune: the local legal context
Pune falls within the Bombay High Court. Pune's educated workforce, prominent engineering and education sectors, and growing startup ecosystem generate a distinct set of ORM cases: Glassdoor attacks targeting IT companies during campus recruitment, false reviews against coaching and educational institutions, and social media defamation targeting Pune-based startup founders.
Glassdoor reviews targeting Pune IT companies during hiring
False reviews on educational and coaching institution platforms
Startup founder defamation linked to competitor disputes
Pune cases are increasingly dominated by Glassdoor and Quora — the city's IT services and education concentrations make employer-rating sites and academic-discussion platforms primary attack vectors. Marathi-language YouTube content is a secondary but growing source of defamation petitions.
Pune falls within the Bombay High Court, whose principal seat is in Mumbai. The High Court's original side covers Mumbai only, so a civil suit starts in the competent civil court in Pune.
Highest-risk Pune industries: IT services companies (Glassdoor employer-rating attacks), educational institutions and edtech (anonymous student-review portal attacks), and automobile-sector executives (industry-forum defamation during competitive product launches).
In Pune, 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 Pune. 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 Pune?+
Most cases in Pune 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 Pune?+
Yes. RepuLex takes on this work for clients across Maharashtra 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 Pune 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 Pune, and before Bombay High Court for writ petitions.
What does it cost to remove a fake news article in Pune?+
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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