FB India head can be exempted from appearing, Delhi Assembly to SC
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New Delhi, Feb 3 : The Delhi Assembly on Wednesday informed the Supreme Court that any senior and responsible officer from Facebook can appear before it, instead of its India Vice President Ajit Mohan.
The Assembly s committee on peace and harmony had issued two summons, seeking Ajit Mohan s appearance before it to examine the social media organisation s role in circulation of fake news during Delhi riots last year.
Mohan had moved the Supreme Court challenging these summonses. A bench headed by Justice S.K. Kaul told senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing the Assembly, that Mohan s counsel, senior advocate Harish Salve, had said that he cannot be compelled and no oath can be forced. Singhvi replied that he never said only Mohan shou
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New Delhi [India], January 22 (ANI): Facebook India s Vice President and Managing Director, Ajit Mohan told the Supreme Court on Thursday that when the Information Technology (IT) ministry calls representatives of the company they will appear and record their statements.
He said this at a hearing in the top court in connection with the summon issued by the Delhi Government s Peace and Harmony Committee, with regard to north-east Delhi riots. When the IT ministry calls us, we will go. We have appeared before the Parliamentary committee too, former Solicitor General and senior Supreme Court lawyer, Harish Salve, appearing for the petitioner, Ajit Mohan told the Apex Court s three-judge bench, headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and also comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari.
Arguments between Facebook and Delhi Assembly s panel on peace to begin in SC tomorrow ANI | Updated: Jan 20, 2021 23:58 IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Raghav Chadha on Wednesday said that the arguments in the Supreme Court between the social media company Facebook and Delhi Assembly s Committee on Peace and Harmony will begin from tomorrow.
Facebook has challenged the summons issued by the committee wherein it summoned the social media company for intentional omission and deliberate inaction on the part of social media platform with respect to hate speeches during Delhi violence in February last year.