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New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the application of Facebook India seeking removal of its name from a civil suit against various social networking sites for allegedly displaying objectionable content.[caption id=“attachment_326358” align=“alignleft” width=“380” caption=“In legal trouble. Image courtesy Facebook”]  [/caption] Administrative civil judge Parveen Singh did not accept the plea of Facebook India that it was not responsible for the content appearing on website facebook.com. The court was hearing a petition moved by petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi, an Islamic researcher linked to a website run by the Islamic Peace Foundation of India, seeking the removal of allegedly objectionable content from various websites. Qasmi, in a newly revised list submitted 12 April, sought action against Facebook India, Facebook Inc, Google Inc, Orkut, Youtube Inc and Blogspot. IANS
The court was hearing a petition moved by petitioner Mufti Aijaz Arshad Qasmi.
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