HC notice to Google, Facebook on church's plea
November 27, 2012  19:46
The Delhi high court today sought the replies of various social networking sites, including Google and Facebook, to a plea for removal of "defamatory and derogatory" articles against a church and an NGO from their sites.

Issuing notice to M/s Google India Pvt Ltd, its subsidiaries -- You Tube, Blogger, Blogspot.in and also to Facebook -- Justice Valmiki Mehta sought their replies by January 7 next year.        

The court issued the notice on a joint plea of Gospel for Asia (a city-based NGO) and Believers' Church, which alleged that "there are several malicious content with intent to defame and destroy the reputation of entire organisation (church) including its founder Metropolitan Bishop Dr K P Yohannan and Reverend Father Daniel Varghese, Diocesan Secretary of the church."
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