Mumbai: The city civil court on Thursday in an interim order restrained anyone from posting and re-posting tweets, sharing posts and messages as well as videos on social media platforms that are allegedly “false and defamatory” to GOQii Technologies, its founder and CEO Vishal Gondal and Studio nCore Pvt Ltd until further orders.

Advocate Amit Vyas, who represented the company, said they filed a ‘John Doe’ suit (defendant or the opposite party is unknown) against unknown persons who, they alleged, were falsely posting messages that the online game FAU-G (Fearless and United: Guards) was conceptualized by late actor Sushant Singh Rajput and “circulating various baseless conspiracy theories around it”.

Three social media platforms were directed to ensure the court order is effective in India and abroad and report compliance.

In its complaint, the company said that miscreants had been circulating various baseless conspiracy theories about the game and its creation. They also said that they had submitted complaints to the cyber cell on August 25 and September 11 seeking action against persons involved in publishing and circulating “defamatory material, tweets, posts and messages”.

Judge V V Vidwans said, “On the basis of prima facie material and documents on record I am of the opinion that the plaintiffs have been able to make out a case for grant of interim protection as against defendant number one (John Doe). The defendant number one, representing unknown persons, is restrained from posting and re-posting tweets, sharing posts, and sending messages and videos on various social media platforms, including those marked and advertised by defendants (Facebook India Online Services Pvt Ltd, Facebook Inc, YouTube India) until further orders.”