New Delhi, Dec. 12 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday issued directions to intermediaries to treat Sunil Gavaskar's lawsuit as a formal complaint and begin the takedown process for allegedly infringing content.

During the hearing, Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora reiterated her long-held view that plaintiffs must first approach intermediaries before seeking judicial intervention and asked the plaintiff to first approach the intermediaries, and then the court will take it up.

"Let them act on the complaint. I don't understand why parties are resisting it or why they are not availing that mechanism," the judge said.

The Court observed that intermediary grievance-redressal systems would "largely take care" of the plaintiff's issues, addi...