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<ul><li><keyword id="3244240" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook-India-Head">Facebook India Head</keyword> <keyword id="3056724" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ajit-Mohan">Ajit Mohan</keyword> has filed a petition in the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> that the Delhi Assembly’s ‘Peace and Harmony’ committee cannot force him to appear before it. </li><li>According to the petition, Delhi’s <keyword id="6354944" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="aam-aadmi-party">Aam Aadmi Party</keyword> (AAP) cannot declare Facebook guilty prima facie, since it’s not a court of law. </li><li>A three-member bench of the top court — consisting of Justices SK Kaul, Aniruddha Bose, and Krishna Murari — will hear the plea via video conferencing.</li></ul><keyword id="736869" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook-India">Facebook India</keyword>’s vice president and managing director, Ajit Mohan, has filed a petition with the Supreme Court against the Delhi Assembly’s ‘Peace and Harmony’ committee. Mohan had been asked to appear before the committee today. Instead, a three-member bench of the top court — consisting of Justices SK Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari — will hear the plea via video conferencing. Mohan is to be represented by former Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi. Why did Mohan file the Supreme Court petition? Mohan’s petition asserts that since he is already appearing before the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology — headed by Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor — the committee cannot compel him to appear before it. In his petition, Mohan questioned the national capital’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was declaring Facebook guilty prima facie — based on the first impression. According to him, the AAP cannot issue such statements since it’s not a court of law. What are the accusations leveled against Facebook India? The Peace and Harmony committee asserts that the social networking giant was ‘complicit’ in the north Delhi violence that broke out during the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests in February. The incident left over 50 people dead and injured hundreds. The committee’s premise is that they have ‘incriminatory material’ that has been produced on the record by witnesses, which can be used to prove that Facebook’s ‘deliberate and intentional inaction to contain hateful content’ in India led to the outbreak. On Sunday, the committee sent a fresh and ‘final’ summons to the company. “Any rebuttal or disregard to this subsequent notice shall be deemed as a wilful act of breach of privilege and thus, shall entail various proceedings initiated against Facebook India,” it said in a statement. (With agency inputs) SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/byjus-onboards-new-investors-edtech-decacorns-paid-subscriber-base-jumps-by-a-million-in-a-month/articleshow/78267761.cms">BYJU’S onboards new investors – edtech decacorn’s paid subscriber base jumps by a million in a month</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/finance/banks/news/yes-bank-ceo-prashant-kumar-clarifies-that-the-forensic-investigation-isnt-restricted-to-the-top-10-defaulters/articleshow/78255868.cms">EXCLUSIVE: YES Bank CEO Prashant Kumar clarifies that the forensic investigation isn't restricted to the top 10 defaulters</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/dailyhunt-to-launch-family-of-bharat-apps-claiming-it-can-push-a-new-mobile-app-every-three-days/articleshow/78250283.cms">EXCLUSIVE: Dailyhunt is curating an entire family of 'Bharat' apps — claims it can push a new mobile app every three days</a>

Facebook India Head goes to Supreme Court against Delhi Assembly Panel's summons on 'hate speech'

<ul><li><keyword id="9982645" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="facebook-india-vice-president">Facebook India Vice President</keyword> <keyword id="3056724" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ajit-Mohan">Ajit Mohan</keyword> will not have to appear before the <keyword id="6354952" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Delhi-Government">Delhi government</keyword>’s committee on ‘Peace and Harmony’ till the petition he filed yesterday is disposed off. </li><li>Mohan’s representation, advocate Harish Salve, argued that Article 19 addressing freedom of speech also includes the right to not speak. </li><li>The next hearing is scheduled to take place on October 15. </li></ul>India’s top court has asserted that the Delhi government can’t take any <keyword id="1007292" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="coercive-action">coercive action</keyword> against <keyword id="736869" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Facebook-India">Facebook India</keyword> vice president Ajit Mohan or schedule any meetings at least until October 15 when the next hearing is scheduled to take place. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="78267998" title="Facebook India Head goes to Supreme Court against Delhi Assembly Panel's summons on 'hate speech'" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The three-judge bench consisting of Justices SK Kaul, Aniruddha Bose and Krishna Murari also asked that any counter affidavit that has to be filed against the petition should be filed within the next one week. “If the issue was simple, all of you would not have been here,” said Justice Kaul during today’s hearing. <div type="twitter" handle="barandbench" handlename="Bar &amp; Bench" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1304761912068984833/5-qPfQOb_normal.jpg" favoritecount="2" retweetcount="0" status="#SupremeCourt issues notice on Ajit Mohan's petition.Court gives one weeks' time to the respondent to file counte… https://t.co/cLy1TK7317" createdat="1600854060000" id="1308702899141136384"></div> Delhi government says it only wants to prevent misuse — not accuse Advocate Harish Salve representing Mohan argued that the right to free speech under Article 19 also includes the right to not speak. He further highlighted that the summons by the committee is unclear. “I do not know whether they want him as a witness or an expert,” Salve told the bench. Representing Facebook was senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi. According to him, Mohan was not summoned because he made any comment but because he’s an employee of Facebook. Therefore, if Mohan doesn’t appear before the committee — it is not a breach of privilege. There should not be any threat of penalisation, argued Rohatgi. However, Doctor Abhishek Manu Singhvi — on behalf of the ‘Peace and Harmony’ committee — argued that Mohan was only being called as a witness without any threat of coercive action. According to him, Facebook was only being called to understand what safeguard measures can be put in place to avoid misuse — not as the accused. “This is not what you have said in the notices,” retorted Justice Kaul. Singhvi conceded to rectify the issues in the notice but maintained that the Delhi government’s committee still maintained the power to conduct an enquiry. Why did Mohan file the <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> petition? Mohan’s petition asserts that since he is already appearing before the Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology — headed by Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor — the committee cannot compel him to appear before it. In his petition, Mohan questioned the national capital’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was declaring Facebook guilty prima facie — based on the first impression. According to him, the AAP cannot issue such statements since it’s not a court of law. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/jeff-bezos-blue-origin-is-eyeing-the-commercial-space-station-business-wants-nasa-as-one-of-its-first-customers/articleshow/78272862.cms">Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is eyeing the commercial space station business — wants NASA as one of its first customers</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/school-bus-sized-asteroid-is-scheduled-to-make-its-closest-approach-to-earth-on-september-24/articleshow/78271529.cms">A school bus-sized asteroid will make its closest approach to Earth tomorrow — safely zooming past the planet</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/microsoft-acquires-exclusive-license-for-elon-musks-largest-gpt-3-ai-language-model/articleshow/78269391.cms">Microsoft acquires exclusive license for Elon Musk’s largest GPT-3 AI language model</a>

Supreme Court tells Delhi government: No action against Facebook India Head till October 15

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Facebook India Head goes to Supreme Court against Delhi Assembly Panel's summons on 'hate speech'

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