The Delhi High Court issued a stark ultimatum to Wikipedia on Thursday, threatening to dam the web encyclopaedia in India and issuing a contempt of courtroom discover for non-compliance with a earlier order. Justice Navin Chawla delivered the warning throughout a listening to associated to a defamation case filed by information company ANI in opposition to Wikipedia.
“If you happen to don’t love India, please do not work in India…We’ll ask authorities to dam your website,” Justice Chawla declared, as reported by authorized information web site Bar and Bench. The courtroom’s fury was provoked by Wikipedia’s alleged failure to reveal details about editors who made controversial modifications to ANI’s Wikipedia web page.
The case stems from edits referring to ANI as a “propaganda software” for the Indian authorities. Beforehand, the courtroom had directed Wikipedia to disclose particulars about three accounts answerable for these edits. ANI claimed in courtroom that this data had not been supplied, resulting in the contempt proceedings.
Bar and Bench reported that Justice Chawla dismissed Wikipedia’s clarification for the delay, which cited the platform’s lack of bodily presence in India. “It’s not a query of the defendant not being an entity in India. We’ll shut your online business transactions right here,” the decide warned.
ANI is in search of ₹2 crore in damages and has requested the courtroom to order the elimination of the contentious edits and forestall comparable content material sooner or later.
In July, the Wikimedia Basis, which operates Wikipedia, launched an announcement figuring out itself as a “know-how host” that doesn’t instantly add or edit content material on the platform. Nevertheless, this distinction didn’t seem to sway the courtroom’s opinion.
“Earlier additionally you took this place,” Justice Chawla famous, referring to comparable arguments made by Wikipedia in earlier instances, in accordance with Bar and Bench.
The courtroom has scheduled the subsequent listening to for October and ordered a Wikipedia consultant to be current.
“If you happen to don’t love India, please do not work in India…We’ll ask authorities to dam your website,” Justice Chawla declared, as reported by authorized information web site Bar and Bench. The courtroom’s fury was provoked by Wikipedia’s alleged failure to reveal details about editors who made controversial modifications to ANI’s Wikipedia web page.
The case stems from edits referring to ANI as a “propaganda software” for the Indian authorities. Beforehand, the courtroom had directed Wikipedia to disclose particulars about three accounts answerable for these edits. ANI claimed in courtroom that this data had not been supplied, resulting in the contempt proceedings.
Bar and Bench reported that Justice Chawla dismissed Wikipedia’s clarification for the delay, which cited the platform’s lack of bodily presence in India. “It’s not a query of the defendant not being an entity in India. We’ll shut your online business transactions right here,” the decide warned.
ANI is in search of ₹2 crore in damages and has requested the courtroom to order the elimination of the contentious edits and forestall comparable content material sooner or later.
In July, the Wikimedia Basis, which operates Wikipedia, launched an announcement figuring out itself as a “know-how host” that doesn’t instantly add or edit content material on the platform. Nevertheless, this distinction didn’t seem to sway the courtroom’s opinion.
“Earlier additionally you took this place,” Justice Chawla famous, referring to comparable arguments made by Wikipedia in earlier instances, in accordance with Bar and Bench.
The courtroom has scheduled the subsequent listening to for October and ordered a Wikipedia consultant to be current.
