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Cong MP wants news websites purified from
'filthy' comments
A Congress
MP Thursday called for internet to be "purified" and "abusive" and
"filthy" comments on celebrities and politicians, often found in
the comments sections of online news websites, censored.
Speaking during zero hour in the Rajya Sabha, Shantaram Naik, a
member from Goa,
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New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court has directed Google to remove, within 36 hours,
derogatory content posted by a blogger against Art of Living
founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Justice Manmohan Singh, hearing a defamation case filed by
followers of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, also issued notice to Google
and Jitender Bagga who allegedly posted derogatory contents
against motivational guru and his Art of Living.
"In case, interim order is not passed,the plaintiffs will suffer
irreparable loss and injury. Thus, till the next date, the
defendant No.2 (Google) is directed to remove all defamatory
content about the plaintiffs posted by the defendant No.1 (Jitender
Bagga) on defendant No.2's website http://.blogger.com/ within 36
hours from date of knowledge of the order passed by this Court,"
the court said, in its interim order.
"The defendant No.1 (Bagga) is restrained from sending any e-mail,
posting any material over the internet which has a direct or
indirect reference to the plaintiffs or the Art of Living
Foundation or any member of the Art of Living Foundation, or His
Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar," the court further added while
passing the order Wednesday. It was made available Thursday.
Seeking a permanent injunction, Vyakti Vikas Kendra, India Public
Charitable Trust with some followers of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar had
filed a suit against the blogger and Google saying that they are
aggrieved, and hurt on account of certain highly defamatory
materials posted on a website.
Seeking damage amount of over Rs.5 crore, the plea said: "Jitender
Bagga has been indiscriminately sending e-mails and has published
a large number of blogs on the website http://www.blogger.com/,
which have highly vulgar, disgusting and abusive references
towards His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, owner of Art of Living
Foundation, and towards various other persons associated with the
Art of Living."
Seeking response from Google and Bagga, the court posted the
matter for May 30.
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