HC
hea s
plea
seeki g
global
blocki g
of
Dh uv
Rathee’s
video
ove
alleged
eligious
i sults
NEW
DELHI:
Google
o
Tuesday
told
the
Delhi
high
cou t
that
it
had
withheld
a
“defamato y”
YouTube
video
by
social
media
i flue ce
Dh uv
Rathee
i
I dia
afte
bei g
di ected
to
do
so
by
the
Ce t e’s
G ieva ce
Appellate
Committee
(GAC).
The
video
allegedly
hu t
” eligious
se time ts”
a d
co tai ed
stateme ts
“i sulti g
Bhagwa
Sh i
Ram,
Bhagwa
Sh i
K ish a
a d
Sita
Devi.”Google,
which
ow s
YouTube,
made
the
submissio
befo e
Justice
Swa a a
Ka ta
Sha ma
while
hea i g
a
petitio
filed
by
lawye
Amita
Sachdeva.Sachdeva
alleged
that
Rathee
had
published
a
highly
de ogato y
a d
commu ally
se sitive
video
o
Ma ch
21,
which
ga e ed
millio s
of
views
o
YouTube
a d
co tai ed
“false,
misleadi g,
a d
p ovocative
stateme ts
i sulti g
Bhagwa
Sh i
Ram,
Bhagwa
Sh i
K ish a
a d
Sita
Devi,”
ews
age cy
PTI
epo ted.The
video
has
bee
withheld
o ly
i
I dia,
while
the
issue
of
blocki g
it
globally
is
pe di g
befo e
a
divisio
be ch
of
the
high
cou t.O
July
3,
the
high
cou t
had
di ected
the
GAC
to
decide
withi
15
days
o
Sachdeva’s
plea
seeki g
emoval
of
the
alleged
“objectio able”
video.
She
subseque tly
filed
a
applicatio
seeki g
complia ce
with
the
cou t’s
di ectio .
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co ve satio
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Comme ts
→
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you
thoughts
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comme ts
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espectful
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commu ity
guideli es
Sachdeva
a gued
that
the
GAC,
o
July
15,
had
di ected
Google
to
take
dow
the
video
withi
24
hou s.
Howeve ,
she
said
Google
had
o ly
“withheld
the
video”
i
I dia,
amou ti g
to
“pa tial
complia ce”.Sachdeva
had
ea lie
alleged
that
despite
mo e
tha
two
mo ths
havi g
passed,
the
GAC
had
ot
decided
he
appeal
agai st
YouTube’s
efusal
to
immediately
emove
the
video.”Issue
ega di g
global
i ju ctio
is
al eady
pe di g
befo e
the
divisio
be ch.
Whateve
they
could
do,
they
have
al eady
do e,”
Justice
Sha ma
said.The
cou t
adjou ed
the
matte
till
Septembe
3.
