Delhi HC orders social media platforms to remove videos of Kejriwal seeking judge’s recusal

The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed social media platforms to take down videos of proceedings where Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal had sought that Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma recuse herself from hearing the Central Bureau of Investigation’s challenge to his discharge in the Delhi liquor policy case, Live Law reported.

Videos of Kejriwal arguing his case before the High Court on April 13 had been shared widely on social media. On April 15, the court directed the police to remove unauthorised videos of Kejriwal’s arguments.

On Thursday, a division bench of Justices V Kameshwar Rao and Manpreet Pritam Singh Arora was hearing a public interest litigation seeking contempt action against Kejriwal and journalist Ravish Kumar for “unauthorisedly” recording and sharing videos of the proceedings, Live Law reported.

The others mentioned in the petition are the Congress’ Digvijay Singh, and AAP leaders Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, Sanjeev Jha, Purandeep Sawhney, Jarnail Singh, Mukesh Ahlawat and Vinay Mishra.

During the proceedings, the counsel for technology company Meta, which owns social media platforms Instagram and Facebook, told the court that they have complied with the direction, reported The Indian Express.

Google told the court that some of the YouTube videos flagged in the petition are not from the proceedings. The company was directed to take down any videos that contain such...

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