SC refuses to quash summons to FB’s India MD by Delhi Legislative Assembly committee probing 2020 Delhi riots

THE Supreme Court Thursday declined to quash the summons issued to Facebook India’s Managing Director Ajit Mohan by the “Peace and Harmony” committee of the Delhi Legislative Assembly to inquire into the 2020 Delhi riots. It said the communal riots led to the death of 53 persons, caused significant damage to public and private property, disruptions to schools, transport, water supply, medical and other civic amenities. The complexity of communal tensions and their wide-ranging ramifications, the court held, was a … Continue reading SC refuses to quash summons to FB’s India MD by Delhi Legislative Assembly committee probing 2020 Delhi riots