Criminal proceedings to continue against Yahoo India
10 Feb 2012
Criminal proceedings will continue against Yahoo India, which failed to get a stay from the Delhi High Court against the order of a lower court order summoning it for allegedly hosting objectionable content.
Refusing to stay the criminal proceedings against Yahoo India, Justice Suresh Kait of Delhi High Court today declined to pass any order "at this stage" and fixed the matter for 1 March, saying he would hear the case before the trial court heard it on 13 March.
Appearing for Yahoo India Pvt Ltd, senior advocate Arvind Nigam claimed since the company's name did not figure in the complaint, the high court should stay the proceedings.
The court deferred the matter following Vinay Rai, the complainant appearing before the court and contending that it would be difficult for him to file the reply, since he had not received a copy of the petition as yet.
Earlier on 20 January, the high court had issued a notice to the Delhi Police on a plea by Yahoo India Pvt Ltd which challenged the summons issued to it by the magisterial court for allegedly hosting objectionable content.
The court had, at the time accepted Yahoo India's plea that its case be heard separately.