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Scrap derogatory content by Feb 6: Court asks websites
Saturday December 24, 2011 06:36:56 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A Delhi
court Saturday ordered websites like Facebook, Google and Yahoo to
remove all "derogatory" content from their sites by Feb 6.
The court ordered all the websites to file a compliance report by
Feb 6, stating they have removed the derogatory content from their
sites.
If they fail, the websites will face contempt charges, the court
said.
Administrative civil judge Mukesh Kumar passed the order on a
petition of Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, who objected to images
hurting religious sentiments posted on these websites.
The court said on Tuesday: "The defendants are directed to remove
the (offending) photographs from their social networking sites."
The court ruling came after Qasmi produced some pictures which the
court said had "content of defamation and derogation against the
sentiments of every community".
In a similar matter, another court, of Metropolitan Magistrate
Sudesh Kumar, had on Friday issued summons to 21 websites,
including social networking site Facebook, search engine Google,
Yahoo and video sharing website YouTube for allegedly hosting
obscene and derogatory content.
The magistrate had observed that the material submitted by the
complainant contained obscene pictures and derogatory articles
pertaining to various Hindu gods, Prophet Muhammad and Jesus
Christ.
The magistrate had directed the central government to take
immediate appropriate steps on the objectionable contents of the
sites, and file its report by Jan 13.
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