Complaint against Yahoo dismissed

In a major relief to the Internet giant Yahoo, a delhi court on Monday dismissed a case against it for allegedly hosting objectionable content on its site and penalised the petitioner for dragging it in the litigation along with other social networking sites.

The court also imposed a cost of Rs5,000 on plaintiff Mufti Aijas Arshad Quasmi for impleading the company as a party without disclosing any cause of action against it. Last week, the Delhi high court also quashed summons against Yahoo in a separate criminal complaint pending against it.

The court’s order has come amid a raging controversy over monitoring internet content, which arose after Union telecommunications minister Kapil Sibal had asked the social networking websites to “screen” the content.