New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday set aside the summons issued to Yahoo India by a lower court for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its website.
Quashing the criminal proceedings against Yahoo India for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its website, Justice Suresh Kait said: “There is no evidence on record against the petitioner.”
The high court had earlier refused Yahoo India’s plea for staying a trial court’s proceedings against it.
Yahoo India, among other social networking sites facing trial, has told a Delhi court that the suit against it was “motivated” and should be dismissed.
The company said that there was neither any material on record nor any allegation in the complaint against it. The company also submitted that it could not be made a party in the case as the complainant did not disclose any cause of action against it.
The metropolitan magistrate has summoned 21 websites, including Yahoo, Google and Facebook, to face trial for allegedly committing the offence punishable under Sections 292 (sale of obscene books) and 293 (sale of obscene objects to young person) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
