Google, Facebook reps can skip court hearings

The Delhi High Court will continue with the hearing against the 21 websites, who have been accused of allegedly hosting objectionable content in May, but it did offer Google India and Facebook India a concession. Both Google and Facebook can now choose to make their court appearances by the way of their lawyers, and not their representatives, necessarily before the magistrate. The court, however,  has granted this concession to only Google India and Facebook India, and not the remaining 19 websites, confirms a report in the Indian Express. The representatives of the remaining 19 websites will have to make appearances before the magistrate, each time a hearing a scheduled. Alongwith postponing the next scheduled hearing to May, the court also decided that in the meanwhile the criminal proceedings against the websites would continue, and subsequently refused to implement a stay order.

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