Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation

Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation (CS(OS) 524/2024) is an ongoing civil defamation case in India.

ANI Media Private Limited, the parent company of news agency Asian News International (ANI), filed a ₹2 crore (approximately US$240,000) defamation suit against the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) in 2024 over the description of ANI in the English Wikipedia article about the news agency.

A judge in the case warned that the court could order the government of India to block Wikipedia in the country. Critics have characterised the judge's order directing WMF to release the identities of the editors who made the edits as censorship and a threat to the flow of information.

Following a Delhi High Court warning in October 2024 that the article may violate sub judice rules and a subsequent takedown order, the WMF suspended access to the English Wikipedia article "Asian News International vs. Wikimedia Foundation", blocking it from view for both readers and editors of the online encyclopedia. However, access was restored in May 2025, following a WMF appeal and a Supreme Court decision in their favour.