MANMOHAN SINGH
Facebook India Online Services Pvt. Ltd. – Appellant
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Mufty Aijas Arshad Qasmi – Respondent
Manmohan Singh, J.
1. By way of the present petition under Section 115 of CPC, the petitioner has assailed the order dated 30th May, 2012 whereby an application under Order 1 Rule 10 CPC for deletion of its name from the array of parties in a suit filed by the respondent No.1 was dismissed.
2. Respondent No.1 filed a suit against the petitioner and other parties who are the defendants in the main suit therein for permanent and mandatory injunction seeking that the Defendants may be directed to remove and permanently be restrained from posting alleged objectionable content/materials that are purportedly damaging the Indian Culture and are hurting the sentiments of the religious communities. The respondent No.1 alleged to have filed the said suit being a responsible person of the society in the public interest.
3. An ex-parte order directing the defendants to remove the alleged objectionable contents as claimed by the respondent No.1 to be available on various social networking sites was passed when the matter came up for hearing along with another direction to the defendants to file a compliance affidavit.
4. While the petitioner at the time of entering appearance in the suit
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