Sanatan Sanstha has moved the High Court of Bombay in Goa difficult the block on three of its Facebook pages – two of which had been created in 2011 and one in 2013.
In the listening to of the matter on Thursday, counsel for Facebook India instructed a division bench of Justice MS Sonak and Justice MS Jawalkar that they wish to argue on the sustainability of the petition filed by the NGO. The bench adjourned the listening to of the matter until July 8.
The NGO in its petition mentioned: “It is also pertinent to note that the accounts include articles, news, guidance about Hinduism and attacks on it and thus have nothing to do with any commercial activities”.
According to its petition within the High Court, its block of pages in September, 2020, was a “violation of freedom of expression”. It mentioned Facebook is ‘grabbing’ the powers of the central authorities – the primary respondent within the case – and “curring the fundamental rights of citizens of India without following any process of law.”
The physique mentioned that “Blocking your pages directly without giving any opportunity to the petitioner is unjust, unfair and needs to be rectified.” It states that Facebook can block its pages solely on the route of the central authorities or court docket.
According to Sanatan Sanstha the Center has additionally failed to guard its elementary proper. “Whereas this is a gross violation of the fundamental rights of the petitioner and it is the duty of the Government to protect the fundamental rights of the citizens of India and there is a complete failure on the part of the respondents in protecting the constitutional rights of the petitioner,” the petition mentioned.
The plea mentioned that the central authorities and the Ministry of Electronics and Information – the primary two defendants within the case – expertise ought to regulate social media platforms comparable to Facebook in order that they “do not easily shift their stand by claiming the status of an ‘arbitrator'”. Information and Technology Act and usurpation of the facility of the respondent. Nos. 1 and a pair of illegally”.
“Even in the larger public interest such arbitrary acts need to be regulated by Response. No. 1 and 2 and social media is becoming an important and influential medium of communication and publication,” within the petition Having mentioned.
Sanatan Sanstha mentioned the Facebook pages had been created retaining in thoughts the “growing social, spiritual, religious and patriotic works”. “Petitioner Trust organizes free coaching packages and workshops to coach frequent folks enhance spiritually by overcoming adversarial persona traits. Petitioner additionally conducts temple cleansing drives at many locations. Thus, particular Many folks usually and the society usually have benefited from the actions of the petitioner,” the Ponda-based NGO described its work within the petition.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
