The Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday issued a fresh notice to Facebook India, asking a “senior competent person” to appear and testify before its Peace and Harmony Committee, which is conducting an inquiry into the communal violence that hit the Capital in February last year, The Hindu reported.
The notice was submitted at the Supreme Court, which was hearing a petition filed by Facebook India’s Vice President and Managing Director Ajit Mohan, against summons issued to him by the committee. In response, Mohan had invoked his right to silence and questioned the jurisdiction of the committee to summon a private person under a threat of breach of privilege action against him, according to The Hindu.
However, during Thursday’s proceedings, a three-judge bench headed by Justice SK Kaul said that the challenge against the summons would not stand, as they “stand substituted with the fresh notice”, according to Bar and Bench. “You have improved your situation…