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Google has right to remove content, court told
Thursday February 02, 2012 09:41:14 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The
contention of Google that it was not aware of the content hosted
on the search engine and its subsidiary company doesn't hold
ground, a complainant Thursday told the Delhi High Court.
Advocate H. Hariharan, appearing for complainant Vinay Rai said
the company can stop any of its services without the prior
knowledge of the user at any time.
"Google reserves the right to review, modify, remove, filter and
refuse the contents posted on its site," Hariharan told the court
while arguing that Google modified content and was not a mere host
as it claimed.
He further told the court that the company knew about the
existence of such content from various sources but failed to act.
"This is illegal omission on the part of Google."
Meanwhile, Justice Suresh Kait dismissed an intervening
application by a lawyer seeking to become a party in the case. The
court posted the matter for further hearing on Feb 14.
The court was hearing a plea filed by Facebook and Google
challenging a trial court's order to prosecute them for allegedly
hosting objectionable content.
Vinay Rai requested the trial court to remove objectionable
content from 21 websites including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and
YouTube. Among these, 12 websites are of foreign-based companies.
Metropolitan Magistrate Sudesh Kumar had summoned the accused
companies to face trial for allegedly committing offences
punishable under the Indian Penal Code sections 292 (sale of
obscene books and material) and 293 (sale of obscene objects to
young person).
The trial court observed that the material submitted by the
complainant contained obscene pictures and derogatory articles
pertaining to Hindu deities, Prophet Mohammad and Jesus Christ.
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