Facebook files petition in Supre Court, seeks transfer of pending cases

Facebook sought for transfer of cases pending in three High Courts for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar.

New Delhi: Facebook has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking transfer of cases pending in three High Court for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar.

The bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose has deferred the hearing of the transfer petition till Tuesday.

Issue:

• Facebook sought for transfer of cases pending in three High Courts for linking social media accounts with Aadhaar
• The petition has been filed stating that the cases pending in the High Courts of Madras, Bombay and Madhya Pradesh seek substantially similar reliefs and involve same or substantially similar questions of law