New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- The Delhi High Court has ordered the blocking and removal of a news report carried by a newspaper founded by former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, which linked Heritage Foods to the Tirupati laddu controversy.

Justice Mini Pushkarna directed Jagati Publications, which runs the Sakshi newspaper and Sakshi TV, to remove the impugned articles within 24 hours and restrained the defendants from publishing any similar allegedly defamatory content.

Jagati Publications Limited, which operates Sakshi newspaper and Sakshi TV, is stated to have Y S Bharathi Reddy, wife of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, as its chairperson. The Court's interim order came in a defamation suit filed by Heritage Foods Limited against...