The Delhi High Court on Thursday hit out at Wikipedia and issued a contempt order. Notably, the contempt order was issued for non-compliance with an earlier order. Hearing a matter related to a defamation case filed by news agency ANI, Justice Navin Chawla told Wikipedia, “If you don’t like India, please don’t work in India… We will ask the government to block your site.”
The Delhi High Court was hearing the case filed by ANI, alleging defamation by Wikipedia for allowing certain edits on a page containing information about the news agency. The alleged edit referred to the news agency ANI as the “propaganda tool” of the Indian government. After hearing the case, the court asked Wikipedia to disclose details about three accounts that made the edits, but ANI claimed that this had not been disclosed.
However, Wikipedia did not reveal information about the editors who had made certain controversial edits on the ANI Wiki page.
The Delhi High Court had earlier asked Wikipedia to disclose details about the accounts behind the edits made on ANI’s page. During the hearing of the matter, the news agency told the court that the information had not been provided so far, leading to contempt proceedings.
However, Wikipedia explained that the delay was due to the platform not having a physical presence in India.
“There is no question that the accused is not an entity in India. We will close his business transactions here,” the court warned.
The news agency had earlier requested the court to order Wikipedia to remove the controversial edits and also sought Rs 20 crore in damages.
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