New Delhi, June 30 -- : The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that photographs breaching the privacy of women should not be posted on public platforms as women are put on a higher pedestal. The court made the remarks while hearing expelled AIADMK leader and then Rajya Sabha Member Sasikala Pushpa seeking to restrain Facebook India, Google India, YouTube, and Twitter India from publishing or showing any "derogatory" photographs of her.
With these observations, a Division Bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Talwant Singh, suggested the social media sites to remove the objectionable materials from their platforms.
Representing Facebook, Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, told the court it is only an intermediary and nothing to do with uploadin...