The Delhi High Court has asked Facebook and Google to file suggestions on how minors can be protected online in India within the next four weeks, reports PTI, adding that the court has scheduled the next case hearing on July 16, 2013. This directive follows a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by the former RSS leader K.N. Govindacharya, which stated that social networking sites allowing children below 18 years of age is in violation of the Indian Majority Act, the Indian Contract Act and also the Information and Technology Act, after which the Delhi High Court had asked the central government to explain why individuals below 18 years of age were being allowed to register on social networking sites. The petition had also sought verification of all existing and new members of the social networking site and had pointed towards the Know Your Customer norms applicable to telecom companies.
