New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Friday sought an affidavit from the central government on a plea by former BJP leader K.N. Govindacharya objecting to the government officially allowing opening of Twitter and Facebook accounts by PMO and other central government ministries in violation of the law.
A division bench of justices B.D. Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva granted three-week's time to the central government and asked it to file a response "positively" on the issue and posted the matter for March 13.
Advocate Virag Gupta, appearing for Govindacharya, raised the objection on the use of Facebook and Twitter for the official purpose by several ministries through private e-mail accounts, saying it violates the Public Records Act as per which "no person shall take or cause to be taken out of India any public records without the prior approval of the central government".
The petitioner argued that servers of these social networking sites are outside India so the nation's official data is transferred to other countries.
During the hearing, Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain, appearing for the centre, said the government had called a meeting of social media companies Jan 23 and issue being examined and sought more time to file response.
The court Sep 11 asked the central government to file response on the issue which it failed.
Gupta told the court that "19 ministries are officially on Twitter, five ministries opened their Facebook accounts from private e-mail ids. The prime minister is on Twitter and Facebook. Most of the ministers have their Twitter accounts."
After treatment, Kejriwal resumes work Tuesday
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) After undergoing naturopathy treatment in Bengaluru for 10 long days
Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education's 10th examination is starting tomorrow i.e. 3rd Apri
Delhi Campaign: Flash Mobs, Magic Shows, Street Plays regale voters
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi assembly poll campaign has been one of the most boisterous an
At present, eagerness is being seen in the hearts of the audience for Priyanka Chopra's action en
Spindle pain of this actress suffering from Corona, she was seen crying bitterly in VIDEO
New Delhi: TV actress and Princess of Rewa, Mohena Kumari Singh, recently elaborated on not only
Jairam Ramesh and Manish Tewari clashed over Agneepath scheme, a ruckus broke out over an article
Protests were held across the country regarding the Agneepath scheme. At the same time, the oppos
There has been an increase in the cases of corona in India (Covid 19 Cases). A day later, more th
Fuel-guzzling vehicles to go off Taj Trapezium Zone
Agra, Jan 30 (IANS) Commercial vehicles running on diesel and petrol will not be permitted to r
Congress, AAP, or Owaisi Bhaijaan, on whose side will the Muslims of Gujarat go; BJP's plan too
In Gujarat, once again the opportunity has come to the people when they will elect the government
The recruitment of girls will also be done under the Agneepath scheme. The entry of girls into th
