Aurangabad: The Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court has directed the Maharashtra government to issue notice to Google for alleged spread of hatred for India by its social network service Orkut.
The order was issued by Justice A P Deshpande and Justice R M Borde Monday in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by local Advocate Yugant R Marlapalle.
A picture of burning the National tri-colour, bearing anti-India messsage, has been put on www.orkut.com and a community "We Hate India" has been created on the site, the petition said.
The petition has also appealed to the government to appoint a `controller' under the Information Technology Act-2000 to regulate all such communities being in operation on the Internet.
Orkut is an online community that connects people through a network to socialise, make new acquaintances and find others with common interests.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled after six weeks.
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