LUCKNOW, Sept. 20 -- The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has issued notices to Facebook, Instagram, Google and YouTube, taking cognisance of an alleged objectionable video circulating on a YouTube channel and other social media platforms against Swami Ram Bhadracharya Ji Maharaj, the vice chancellor of Jagatguru Swami Ram Bhadracharya Divyang University in Chitrakoot.

The court has directed that a representation be submitted to the grievance redressal officers of these social media platforms within a week regarding the video being shown against the seer, and thereafter action be taken to remove the said objectionable video immediately.

A division bench of Justice Sangeeta Chandra and Justice Brij Raj Singh passed the order on ...