From the DNA:
The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court, comprising Justice AP Deshpande and Justice RM Borde, issued notice to Google last week following a public interest litigation initiated by 22-year-old advocate Yugant R Marlapalle.
In his petition, Marlapalle, who is also an Orkut member, took exception to a community called ‘We hate India’, owned by someone who identifies himself as Miroslav Stankovic. The community features a picture of the Tricolour being burnt.
“My prayer is to direct Google to remove communities that spread hatred against India, the national flag, and all deities in the country,†Marlapalle told DNA. “My objection is to the offending communities, not Orkut.†(my italics)
He has cited the provisions of section 75 of the Information Technology Act, which empowers authorities to file charges for offences or contravention committed outside India by any person irrespective of nationality.
wtf. No one forces anyone to join Orkut or indeed any of the groups on it. So why get offended. And if our friendly neigbourhood advocate is so keen on getting rid of this stuff ….. let him pay for it himself. Why ask the tax payer to bear the burden!. I don’t know about the rest of the world, but i am already paying too much tax. And while i don’t murmur too much about roads or employment guarantee schemes or education or defence or support of the arts — some of the stuff my money pays for — i really have an issue with this sort of nuisance level goverment intervention.
I personally get offended by people/communities/special interest groups who try and abrogate Fundamental Rights as guaranteed by the constitution. To whom do we appeal to remove offending ‘people’ and where to?
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