SABU MATHEW GEORGE vs UNION OF INDIA

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2016 Supreme(SC) 732

DIPAK MISRA, C.NAGAPPAN
SABU MATHEW GEORGE – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For Petitioners: Mr. Sanjay Parikh, Adv., Ms. Manjula Gupta, AOR.
For Respondents: Mr. Ranjit Kumar, S.G., Ms. Binu Tamta, Adv., Mr. Ajay Sharma, Adv., Ms. Gunwant Dara, Adv., Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR, Mr. R.R. Rajesh, Adv., Mr. D. S. Mahra, AOR, , For R-3 Mr. C.A. Sundaram, Sr. Adv., Mr. Shashank Manish, Adv., Mr. Praveen Sehrawat, Adv., Ms. Priyadarshi Banarjee, Adv., Mr. Sarans Jain, Adv., Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR, , For R-5 Mr. K.V. Vishwanathan, Sr. Adv., Ms. Saanjh N. Purohit, Adv., Mr. Tanuj Bhushan, Adv., Mr. S. S. Shroff, AOR, , For R-4 Mr. Anupam Lal Das, AOR, Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv., Mr. Sahil Monga, Adv.

ORDER :

1. In pursuance of our orders dated 5th July, 2016, and 25th July, 2016, an affidavit has been filed by the competent authority of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India. It is submitted by Mr. Ranjit Kumar, learned Solicitor General of India that there was a meeting with the three software companies, namely, Google India, Yahoo ! India and Microsoft Corporation (I) Pvt. Ltd. and, prior to the meeting, the companies were asked to respond to the following questions:-

“(a) Whether respondents feel obligated to comply with the provisions of PC-PNDT Act, especially section 22 of the Act as directed by this Hon'ble Court vide its order dated 28.01.2015?

(b) Whether Respondents are ready to publish a “Warning Message” on top of search result, as and when any user in India submits any “key word searches” in search engines, which relates to pre conception and pre natal deermination of sex or sex selection?

(c) Whether Respondents are ready to block “auto-complete” failure for “key word” searches which relates to pre-conception and/or pre-natal det

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2016 Supreme(SC) 732

DIPAK MISRA, C.NAGAPPANSABU MATHEW GEORGE – AppellantVersusUNION OF INDIA – Respondent

DIPAK MISRA, C.NAGAPPAN
SABU MATHEW GEORGE – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent